Get HTML Source of WebElement in Selenium WebDriverJS

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There is a similar question out there (an older one in Python) but this one has to do with JS. Testing using Selenium in a NodeJS, Mocha environment. What I'd like to do is click on a Bootstrap dropdown and check the HTML to look for changes. I've tried the following:

test.it('should click on all header links',
function() {
    var elem = driver.findElement(By.id('Profile'));
    console.log(elem.getAttribute('innerHTML'));
    console.log(elem.getInnerHtml());
});

Both calls return the same thing.

{ then: [Function: then],
  cancel: [Function: cancel],
  isPending: [Function: isPending] }

I plan to feed the HTML into cheerio so i can check for structure changes. Appreciate any help on this.

quikbeam · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-20 13:33:11Z

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I was able to retrieve the HTML as a string by doing the following.

driver.findElement(By.id('Profile')).getAttribute("innerHTML").then(function(profile) {
    console.log(profile);
});

answered Jun 20, 2014 at 13:33

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Patricia · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-14 10:47:08Z

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I got the inner HTML with:

  element.getAttribute('innerHTML').then(function (html) {          
                console.log(html)
            })

answered Feb 14, 2021 at 10:47

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