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MrMassachusetts
MrMassachusetts

Reputation: 21

Python Selenium get <source> from Video tag

So i want to create a python application which downloads images & videos from instagram-stories. The images are no problem, but the videos are. Because the src isnt't simply in the video. Instead it is like this:

<video class="FOO" ....... autoplay>
    <source src="BAR" .....>
</video>

I adressed it in the following code, but it doesnt work:

elem = driver.find_element_by_tag_name('video').getAttribute('source')

And i also tried:

elem = driver.find_element_by_tag_name('video').getAttribute('src')

And i tried:

elem = driver.find_element_by_tag_name('video').find_element_by_tag_name('source').getAttribute('src')

Last but not least i changed the 'element' to 'elements', but it did not work. But none of it works. I made it with and without try/except, but when i did it without it doesn't give me a exception, it just exits, and when i did it with, it just goes to the catched exception. So how do i have to adress the source tag?

UPDATE: I changed it to: driver.find_element_by_tag_name('source').get_attribute("src") then it worked! Thanks to everyone, who helped me

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3304

Answers (1)

MrMassachusetts
MrMassachusetts

Reputation: 21

Update right here: I changed it to:

driver.find_element_by_tag_name('source').get_attribute("src")

and then it worked. Thanks to everyone helping

Upvotes: 1

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