TheGet Element Propertycommand of theWebDriver API returns the property of the referencedweb element. Given<input value=foo> where the user changes the value tobar, the returned property isbar rather than the initial valuefoo. This is equivalent to accessing the property on the element.

Syntax

URL parameters

session id

Identifier of the session.

element id

Identifier of theweb element to get the tag name of.

name

Identifier of the property ofweb element to get.

Errors

Session not created

Session does not exist.

No such window

Thewindow object has been discarded, indicating that the tab or window has been closed.

Unexpected alert open

A user prompt, such aswindow.alert, blocks execution of command until it is dealt with.

Examples

Python:

import urllibfrom selenium import webdriverdef inline(doc):    return "data:text/html;charset=utf-8,{}".format(urllib.quote(doc))session = webdriver.Firefox()session.get(inline("<input value=foo>"))textbox = driver.find_element_by_tag_name("input")textbox.send_keys("bar")print(text_box.get_attribute("value"))print(text_box.get_property("value"))

Output:

foobar

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Get Element Attribute command
• What is the difference between properties and attributes? on Stack Overflow