Definition and Usage

The Get web element attribute command is used to instruct the workflow to get attributes of an element on a web page, such as getting href, value, text, index, etc.

Parameters Values

Set parameters

Parameter	Definition
Web page	Select a target web page. There are 2 commands that can be used to generate a web page variable: Go to web page Find web page
Element	Select the element to get its attribute by capturing a new element or selecting from a previously saved element
Attribute	Select a type of attribute to proceed Text Source code Value Href Index Other attributes
Save attribute as	Name the variable generated by the parameters above

Advanced settings

Parameter	Definition
Wait for element	Wait for a specified amount of time (seconds) until the element appears

Error handling

Parameter	Definition
When error occurs	Select the action to be performed when an error occurs Terminate the project Ignore the error and execute the next command Retry action

Example

The workflow will open a new tab, enter https://rpa.octoparse.com/pricing in Chrome, save the web page as a variable named "RPA_price_page", get href and text attributes of the target element named "A pricing" which is obtained with +Capture from the webpage "PRA_price_page", and save them as "Href_A_of_Pricing" and "Text_of_A_Pricing" respectively, and display a message with "Text_of_A_Pricing" as the title and "Href_A_of_Pricing" as the content.