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Get HTML tag of a given element in Robotframework

Let's say I have following HTML in my source code:

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<span id=myElement>some text</span>
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Let's also say that I have located this element via: 

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${web_element}  Get Webelement  id:myElement
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Now I want to get the html tag of this located element, with something like: 

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${tag}  Some Keyword To Get the HTML of a located Element  ${web_element}
Log To Console  ${tag}  >> "span"
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How would I get the HTML Tag of this element now in Robotframework? I could implement some Python code, but I can't believe, that there is no other, already bultin, feature, to get the tag of the element now.

Thanks!

Solution

  • Web elements have a tag_name attribute which you can access with robot's extended variable syntax.

    Example:

    ${web_element}  Get Webelement  id:myElement
log  The tag is ${web_element.tag_name}