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How to get background-image from inline css using selenium

Using python how can I get the background image using selenium? Which has an inline CSS? I want to get the image URL from the background-image: url()

<div id="pic" class="pic" data-type="image" style=" background-image: url(http://test.com/images/image.png;); height: 306px; background-size: cover;"></div>
Solution

  • To get the background image you need to use value_of_css_property(property_name) method and you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

    • Using CSS_SELECTOR:

      import re

my_property = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.pic#pic[data-type='image']"))).value_of_css_property("background-image")
print(re.split('[()]',my_property)[1])

    • Using XPATH:

      import re

my_property = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='pic' and @id='pic'][@data-type='image']"))).value_of_css_property("background-image")
print(re.split('[()]',my_property)[1])

    • Console Output:

      test.com/images/image.png

    Update

    As the url is getting wrapped up with in double quotes i.e. "..." you can use the following solution:

    print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='pic' and @id='pic'][@data-type='image']"))).value_of_css_property("background-image").split('"')[1])

    References

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