Selenium WebDriver Python, search WebElement

Question

i am using Selenium to scrape some stuff live, but i can't seem to search a WebElement even tho the docs say i can.

while True:
    try:
        member = self.pdriver.find_all("sv:member_profile")[index]
        self.pdriver.info_log("Found a member")
    except IndexError:
        self.pdriver.info_log("No more members")
        break

    member.highlight(style = self.pdriver.get_config_value("highlight:style_on_assertion_success"))

    profile = {}
    profile["name"] = member.findElement("sv:member_name").get_attribute('innerHTML')
    profile["image"] = member.findElement("sv:member_image").get_attribute('src')
    profile["link"] = member.findElement("sv:member_link").get_attribute('href')

    members.append(profile)
    index += 1

This returns a single web element:

member = self.pdriver.find_all("sv:member_profile")[index]

which i need to search, according to the docs, this element would also have the findElement method, seems not to be the case tho?

AttributeError: 'WebElement' object has no attribute 'findElement'

Answer 1

As the error states, WebElement object has no attribute findElement . Depending on what are sv:member_name , sv:member_image and sv:member_link , you need to choose which of the find_element_by_* methods you need to use.

For instance, if sv:member_name is a CSS selector:

profile["name"] = member.find_element_by_css_selector("sv:member_name").get_attribute('innerHTML')

Or, you may also use the find_element() method directly supplying the By value:

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

profile["name"] = member.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "sv:member_name").get_attribute('innerHTML')