[FIXED] How get the selected text option with Selenium using Python?

Issue

I have this option in a web page

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I am trying to extract the selected text in the SELECTBOX with this code:

time.sleep(5)
elemento2 = Select(WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.NAME, "jform[cod_comune]"))))
selected_option = elemento2.first_selected_option
print(selected_option.text) 

but I get nothing, not even errors. The text is empty.

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Solution

I wouldn’t use the first selected property. I recommend getting the xpath of the span tag. Then using the selenium .text to get the text for the field. This works for most websites

selected_option = elemento2.text

Basic way:

driver.get(url)

time.sleep(3) text = driver.find_element_by_xpath(xpath).text

Answered By - imLightSpeed