Using Playwright for Python, how to I read the content of an input box
In a website I'm automating, I have an input box that is disabled.
On the website it shows a number, like "1" and has other elements to change the value.
<input data-v-a6368fd8="" id="base-amount-input-211" max="10" name="Counter" disabled="disabled" type="number" class="amount-input__number amount-input__number--active">
When I query the element like
handle = page.querySelector('//input[starts-with(@name, "Counter")]')
I get a result for the handle.
When I try readling the handle content
handle.innerText()
handle.innerHTML()
are both empty ('')
How can I access the current input value?
Another way is to simply use the getAttribute()
method of the elementHandle
to retrieve the value:
handle = page.querySelector('//input[starts-with(@name, "Counter")]')
value = handle.getAttribute("value")
For input elements, the element.value
returns the filled in content. You can use page.evalOnSelector
to run JS in the page against this selector and get the value.
selector = '//input[starts-with(@name, "Counter")]'
value = page.evalOnSelector(selector, "(element) => element.value")