how to get text with Selenium in the python from <span class> if appears for few seconds?

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I have a question related to getting a text from span class with Selenium in the Python script. I've already checked many variants to get text, but still no luck. The main reason - mentioned element appears on the page for several seconds and disappears and I need to get "Latest" text from that element.

Here is element, which appears for few seconds:

 </style><div class="PNs8Z result_1613936507015"><span class="genericPhrase" data-role="final_result">Latest</span></div></div></div></div>

I've already tried several approaches, which I found in the Selenium documentation and in the Internet:

wait.until(presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "span.final_result")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 30).until(EC.find_element_by_xpath("//span[contains(@class,'final_result')]"))
WebDriverWait(driver, 30).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.final_result")))

But, still no luck. I found solutions when the element permanently on the page and doesn't disappear, but that approach hasn't worked yet for me.

Maybe somebody has already faced such an issue and has a ready solution for my case?

Thanks in advance. Ihor

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3 Answers

To search xpath of such dynamic elements use DOM break points:

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And select break on subtree modification. Now all changes will break and pause the webpage rendering

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Click resume execution or press f8 till your span gets displayed

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To get the value Latest which is inside span tag use following xpath

Try with .text

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH,"//span[@class='genericPhrase' and @data-role='final_result']"))).text)

Or Try with .get_attribute("textContent")

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH,"//span[@class='genericPhrase' and @data-role='final_result']"))).get_attribute("textContent"))
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Maybe you are incorrectly identifying your locator. Try

driver.find_element_by_css_selector(".genericPhrase").text

To wait for visibility use:

from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=20)           
wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((SelectBy.CSS_SELECTOR, ".genericPhrase")))
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