Why can't I get the href attribute of an element where as I can click on it using Selenium

Question

I see that many people have the reverse problem, but mine is this:

I have this webelement and when I use element.click() it redirects me to a website (the element has a link)

When I use element.get_attribute('href') I get None and I even tried to use a javascript to check for attributes of element, but it only has a class attribute.

Is there a way for me to get this link without clicking on the element?

From chrome inspection of elements in the webpage we have:

<div "element.class">
    <a href='link_that_i_want'>

Answer 1

href attribute

The href attribute specifies the URL of the page the link goes to.

Example:

<a href="https://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a>

The href attribute can be used on the following elements:

• <a>
• <area>
• <base>
• <link>

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onclick event attribute

The onclick event attribute executes a JavaScript when a button is clicked. The onclick attribute fires on a mouse click on the element.

Example:

<button onclick="myFunction()">Click me</button>

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Conclusion

Possibly the desired element have the onclick attribute instead of the href attribute.