Selenium Python - Text() 适用于 Xpath 但不适用于 CSS_Selector

Question

I am trying to webscrape a House listing website in Quebec and I encounter a problem.

When I use Xpath I manage to extract the phone number, but when I use CSS selectors my variable is Blank.

However I am pretty sure that I am aiming at the right spot I even used the css tool in chrome to verify.

The reason why i would need to use CSS selector is beacause the page is dynamic and not every listing is same, which means that sometimes I am not able to point out the real location using xpath like that

An example would be this URL: https://duproprio.com/fr/monteregie-rive-sud-montreal/ange-gardien-de-rouville/ferme-fermette-a-vendre/hab-707-rang-saint-charles-1008751

EXAMPLE THAT WORKS

        try:
            house_phone = deal_box.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/main/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/section/div[1]/div[1]/div/a").text.strip()
        except: house_phone = "N/D"

EXAMPLE THAT DOESNT WORK

       try:
           house_phone = deal_box.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'a.gtm-listing-link-contact-owner-phone').text.strip()
       except: house_phone = "N/D"

Thank you

Answer 1

You can pull it from the textContent attribute

deal_box.get(url)
try:
    house_phone = deal_box.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'a.gtm-listing-link-contact-owner-phone').get_attribute('textContent').strip()
except Exception as e:
    print(e)
    house_phone = "N/D"
    
house_phone