Exclude text from script tag within the HTML DOM when calling element getText

Question

I'm using selenium on Java to test HTML page. Here's an example of HTML:

<a>

  Return to homepage

  <script>

    <form>...</form>

  </script>

</a>

I need to get text of <a> element to check that it's correct. Chrome, Firefox and IE returns me correct text (Return to homepage) when I call element.getText() for this <a> element, but Safari returns me also the text which is located inside <script> tag (which is not text, but HTML code)

Can anyone tell me how to exclude text from `<script>` tag within the HTML DOM when calling `element.getText()`?This happens only in Safari (latest browser and driver version)

Answer 1

As you have already identified the WebElement as element next you can take help of executeScript() method to extract the text Return to homepage as follows :

String myText = ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("return arguments[0].firstChild.textContent;", element);