After struggling for a whole day, I am reaching out with a question about extracting a specific attribute (data-id) using Selenium testing. This is all new to me and I just can't seem to crack it.
Let me provide some context: I am working on a webpage that includes an auction feature with unique IDs assigned to each item that links back to the main Auction ID. My goal is to extract the "data-id" attribute from an element, but so far, I haven't been successful. Here's a snippet of the code I'm trying to work with:
<div class="dropdown open">
<a class="dropdown-toggle form-control" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">
<ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-form" role="menu">
<li id="liAuction4c42556772376a443736343d">
<label class="checkbox">
<input id="chkAuction4c42556772376a443736343d" class="auction" type="checkbox" data-caption="09-10-2015 10:30:00" data-id="4c42556772376a443736343d" checked="checked"/>
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</label>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
I've scoured forums and Google without finding a solution that works for my case, hence this plea for help. I attempted to use .getAttribute, but ran into issues resulting in code compilation errors. Looks like I missed something.
String dataID = selenium.findElement(By.xpath("//*[starts-with(@id, 'liAuction')]")).getAttribute("data-id");
When trying the above, the "findElement" part gets marked red with an error message saying, "The method findElement(By) is undefined for the type Selenium".
If I adjust the parenthesis as follows:
String dataID = selenium.findElement(By.xpath("//*[starts-with(@id, 'liAuction')]").getAttribute("data-id"));
The red underline shifts to ".getAttribute", accompanied by the message, "The method getAttribute(String) is undefined for the type By". It's frustrating me to the point where I feel like tossing my laptop out the window!
Your guidance on this would be highly appreciated before I resort to extreme measures. Thanks so much in advance.
Tony