How can I use the “getText()” method in Selenium WebDriver for verifying the text displayed on a dynamically generated element?

 In the context of selenium, let’s consider a scenario where you are testing a news website where the latest headlines are generated dynamically and displayed in a rotating Carousel. Your task is to verify the test of the currently displayed headline matches the expected headline:-

First, try to identify the element which contains the dynamically generated headline. This could be a “div” , “span” or any other HTML element.

Now you can try to use selenium WebDriver to locate the element on the webpage.

You can use the “getText()” method in the Selenium web-based driver to retrieve the text content of the element.

You can compare the retrieved text with the expected headline to verify its correctness.

Here is the example given in the Python code which would demonstrate how you can use “getText” in selenium WebDriver to retrieve and even validate the text content of a dynamically generated element:-

From selenium import webdriver

# Launch the browser

Driver = webdriver.Chrome()

# Navigate to the news website

Driver.get(https://example.com/news)

# Locate the element containing the dynamically generated headline

Headline_element = driver.find_element_by_xpath(“//div[@class=’headline’]”)

# Retrieve the text content of the headline element

Headline_text = headline_element.text

# Expected headline

Expected_headline = “Breaking News: New Discovery Made”

# Verify if the retrieved text matches the expected headline

If headline_text == expected_headline:

    Print(“Headline verification successful: “, headline_text)

Else:

    Print(“Headline verification failed. Expected:”, expected_headline, “ Actual:”, headline_text)

# Close the browser

Driver.quit()