Selenium / Python TypeError：“ WebElement”对象不可迭代

Question

I'm trying to print and/or write to file text inside a span tag from the following HTML. Only want it to find_element once, not find_elements since there's only one instance:

<div>
  <span class="test">2</span>
</div>

Below is the python code I'm using that is generating the "'WebElement' object is not iterable" error.

test = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div")

for numberText in test:
numberTexts = numberText.find_element_by_class_name("test")

print(numberTexts.txt)

Answer 1

You're getting a single element (first one) by:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div")

which is obviously not iterable.

For multiple elements ie to get an iterable, use:

driver.find_elements_by_xpath("/html/body/div")

Note the s after element .

Also check out the documentation .

Answer 2

single element will not be iterable. Try find_elements_by_xpath (pluralize element).

If there is only one instance, then simply use it without the for loop.

Answer 3

the error is pretty clear... the return value of find_element_by_xpath is a WebElement . You can't iterate a WebElement ...

you have several other mistakes in your example code. You could rewrite the entire block of code as:

element = driver.find_element_by_class_name("test")
print(element.text)