Selenium WebDriver get text from input field

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I'm writing a test to assert the default text value within an <input> tag. However, it's not playing ball:

Assert.assertThat(webDriver.findElement(By.id("inputTag")).getText(), Matchers.is("2"));
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2 Answers

The most reliable solution I found, is executing a JavaScript script and return the value attribute of the HTMLInputElement from JavaScript.

I have tested this in several ways and the value was always correct, even after changing the input field value.

PHP

$input = $driver->findElement( WebDriverBy::id( 'inputTag' ) );
$value = $driver->executeScript( 'return arguments[0].value', $input );

// A custom PHP function that returns the value of an input field:
function getValue(RemoteWebDriver $driver, WebDriverBy $by ) {
    return $driver->executeScript( 
        'return arguments[0].value', 
        $driver->findElement( $by ) 
    );
}

// Sample usage:
$value = getValue( $driver, WebDriverBy::id( 'inputTag' ) );

Java

JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;  

WebElement inpElement = driver.findElement(By.id("inputTag"));
String text = (String) js.executeScript("return arguments[0].value", inpElement);;
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