Django selenium test failing on form input attribute

Question

Hi I have a Django form where one field is populated depending on the selection of a previous field. This is working fine when manually tested but I'm hitting a bump when testing with selenium.

Here is the failing test:

# --- functional tests --- #
class ProjectFormsTest(LiveServerTestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.browser = webdriver.Firefox()
        self.browser.implicitly_wait(3)

    def tearDown(self):
        self.browser.quit()

    def test_project_info_form(self):
        ...        
        wind = self.browser.find_element_by_id('id_wind_speed')
        self.assertEquals('85', wind.text)

So, I can see selenium load up the browser and the field populates as expected. I'm guessing the root of the problem is that .text is not the correct attribute for a text input form field, as it is returning u''.

Anyone know what is the correct way?

Any help much appreciated.

Ha - that's it! I tried wind.get_attribute() AND wind.value. If you post an answer I'll accept it. — Darwin Tech
– Darwin Tech, Commented Nov 13, 2012 at 22:21

dokkaebi · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-13 22:27:01Z

4

Converted comment:

Use wind.get_attribute('value') to get the value attribute of that element.

From this docs page.

answered Nov 13, 2012 at 22:27

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