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How to replace the deprecated WebElement.get_attribute() function in Selenium 4.27.0+

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On some web pages, due to rendering issues (e.g., hidden element), WebElement.text may not reveal the underlying text whereas WebElement.get_attribute("textContent") will. Therefore I have written the following utility function:

from selenium.webdriver.remote.webelement import WebElementdef text(e: WebElement) -> str:    return e.text or e.get_attribute("textContent") or "n/a"

WebElement.get_attribute() is deprecated in Selenium 4.27.0. The recommendation is to use WebElement.get_dom_attribute().

However, this is not a drop-in replacement because WebElement.get_dom_attribute() will only reveal attributes declared in the HTML markup.

How would I achieve the same functionality without WebElement.get_attribute()?


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