CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python-3.xseleniumrobotframework
Joan
Joan

Reputation: 319

How to iterate over WebElements and get a new WebElement in Robot Framework

I am trying to get href attribute from an html list using Robot Framework keywords. For example suppose the html code

<ul class="my-list">
<li class="my-listitem"><a href="...">...</li>
...
<li class="my-listitem"><a href="...">...</li>
</ul>

I have tried to use the keywords WebElement, WebElements and for loop without success. How can I do it?

This is my MWE

*** Test Cases ***
@{a tags} =  Create List
@{href attr} = Create List
@{li items} = Get WebElements    class:my-listitem

FOR ${li}  IN  @{li items}
    ${a tag} =  Get WebElement    tag:a
    Append To List    @{a tags}    ${a tag}
END

FOR ${a tag}  IN  @{a tags}
    ${attr} =  Get Element Attribute    css:my-listitem   href
    Append To List    @{href attr}    ${attr}
END

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3612

Answers (2)

Todor Minakov
Todor Minakov

Reputation: 20067

The href is an attribute of the a elements, not the li, thus you need to target them. Get a reference for all such elements, and then get their href in the loop:

${the a-s}=     Get WebElements    xpath=//li[@class='my-listitem']/a    # by targeting the correct element, the list is a reference to all such "a" elements
${all href}=    Create List
FOR    ${el}    IN    @{the a-s}   # loop over each of them
    ${value}=     Get Element Attribute    ${el}    href   # get the individual href
    Append To List    ${all href}  ${value}   # and store it in a result list
END
Log To Console    ${all href}

Upvotes: 1

Helio
Helio

Reputation: 3737

Here is a possible solution (not tested):

@{my_list}=    Get WebElements    xpath=//li[@class='my-listitem']
FOR    ${element}    IN    @{my_list}
    ${attr}=    Get Element Attribute    ${element}    href
    Log    ${attr}    html=True
END

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions