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title: Get Element Attribute
slug: Web/WebDriver/Commands/GetElementAttribute
browser-compat: webdriver.commands.GetElementAttribute

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The Get Element Attribute command of the WebDriver API returns the attribute of the referenced web element. If for example the element is an {{HTMLElement("img")}}, the returned attribute is "//TODO", which is equivalent to calling {{domxref("Element.getAttribute")}} on the element. For XML/XHTML documents it may be cased differently.

Syntax

Method	URI template
GET	/session/{session id}/element/{element id}/attribute/{name}

URL parameters

• session id

  • : Identifier of the session.

• element id

  • : Identifier of the web element to get the tag name of.

• name

  • : Identifier of the attribute of web element to get.

Errors

• Session not created

  • : Session does not exist.

• No such window

  • : The window object has been discarded, indicating that the tab or window has been closed.

• Unexpected alert open

  • : A user prompt, such as window.alert, blocks execution of command until it is dealt with.

Examples

Python:

from selenium import webdriver

session = webdriver.Firefox()
session.get("https://google.com/?hl=en")
search_box = session.find_element_by_id("q")

print(search_box.get_attribute("id"))

Output:

q

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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