how to get attribute value using selenium and css

Question

I have the following HTML code:

 2 

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Answer 1

If your HTML consists solely of that one tag, then this should do it:

String href = selenium.getAttribute("css=a@href");

You use the DefaultSelenium#getAttribute() method and pass in a CSS locator, an @ symbol, and the name of the attribute you want to fetch. In this case, you select the a and get its @href.

In response to your comment/edit:

1. The part after @ tells Selenium that that part is the name of the attribute.

2. You should place :contains('2') before @href because it's part of the locator, not the attribute. So, like this:

   selenium.getAttribute("css=a:contains('2')@href");