# Refresher - how to pull text value from individual TestObject elements?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous\
**Created:** [November 21, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/refresher-how-to-pull-text-value-from-individual-testobject-elements/156418 "2024-11-21T19:45:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/refresher-how-to-pull-text-value-from-individual-testobject-elements/156418/1 "2024-11-21T19:45:58Z")

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Hopefully this is an easy one, jumping back and forth between toolsets and languages and forgetting things, I have a webelement in my page that has four rows:

1. Item Name
2. Item text property 1
3. Item text property 2
4. Item text property 3

So what I’m trying to do is pull this entire element into a testobject and then loop through rows 2-4 above validating expected results…

Everything seems to be working correctly except retrieving the individual row text, I’m 99% sure it’s just me forgetting what the correct command is to retrieve the text, as my count size, etc is working correctly, thoughts?

```auto
//Define Text Block TestObject
TestObject TextBlock = new TestObject ("Http Responses Text Block " + counter)
String TextBlockXpath = "//*[@id='response_native-data_" + counter + "_" + object_id + "']//*[contains(@class,'')]"
KeywordUtil.logInfo ("HTTPResponsesTextBlockXpath: " + TextBlockXpath)
TextBlock.addProperty('xpath',ConditionType.EQUALS, TextBlockXpath)
				
elements_found = WebUI.findWebElements(TextBlock, 10)
element_total = elements_found.size()
KeywordUtil.logInfo ("TextBlock Elements Found: " + element_total)
				
//If the Elements Count equals four, validate each element; if not then throw an error
if (element_total == 4) {
					
	//Number of Requests row
	String request_number_row = WebUI.getAttribute(elements_found[1], "value")
	KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Request Number Row value: " + request_number_row)
					
	//Avg. Requests Per Minute row
	String request_per_minute_row = WebUI.getAttribute(elements_found[2], "value")
	KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Avg. Requests Per Minute value: " + request_per_minute_row)
					
	//Avg. Load Time row
	String request_load_time_row = WebUI.getAttribute(elements_found[3], "value")
	KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Avg. Requests Per Minute value: " + request_load_time_row)
					
					
	} else {
		KeywordUtil.markFailed ('Native App HTTP Responses Widget row: ' + counter + ' ,element count of ' + element_total + 'does not match the expected count of 4')
		object_found_tracker = false
}

```

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**Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/refresher-how-to-pull-text-value-from-individual-testobject-elements/156418/2 "2024-11-21T20:07:41Z")

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The issue is when you start, you are creating a TestObject(s), but when you are using **getAttribute** , you have WebElement(s) after the below statement.

```auto
elements_found = WebUI.findWebElements(TextBlock, 10)

```

So, “WebUI” works on TestObjects, but since we now have a WebElement(s), you should use:

```auto
//Number of Requests row
String request_number_row = elements_found[1].getAttribute("value")
KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Request Number Row value: " + request_number_row)
					
//Avg. Requests Per Minute row
String request_per_minute_row = elements_found[2].getAttribute("value")
KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Avg. Requests Per Minute value: " + request_per_minute_row)
					
//Avg. Load Time row
String request_load_time_row = elements_found[3].getAttribute("value")
KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Avg. Requests Per Minute value: " + request_load_time_row)				

```

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**Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/refresher-how-to-pull-text-value-from-individual-testobject-elements/156418/3 "2024-11-21T21:37:25Z")

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Hmmm..okay, not getting any errors now but everything is returning nulls, when it should be the text objects above, thoughts?

![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/e/a/ead4fb20e975400879234a5388e95aee215fe71b.png)

The updated code:

```auto
//If the Elements Count equals four, validate each element; if not then throw an error
if (element_total == 4) {
					
//Number of Requests row
def request_number_row = elements_found[1].getAttribute("value")
KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Request Number Row value: " + request_number_row)
					
//Avg. Requests Per Minute row
def request_per_minute_row = elements_found[2].getAttribute("value")
KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Avg. Requests Per Minute value: " + request_per_minute_row)
					
//Avg. Load Time row
def request_load_time_row = elements_found[3].getAttribute("value")
KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Avg. Requests Per Minute value: " + request_load_time_row)
					
}					

```

and how things appear in the object I’m referencing:

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/2/8/282ffd3c8d934d2d28af4107ff9fdfa6d0897db9.png)

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/refresher-how-to-pull-text-value-from-individual-testobject-elements/156418/4 "2024-11-22T16:22:29Z")

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> [@kevin.jackey](#):
>
> `String TextBlockXpath = "//*[@id='response_native-data_" + counter + "_" + object_id + "']//*[contains(@class,'')]"`

I would take a look at the above line and print it out to ensure it is what you want. You have a mix of single and double quotes and maybe you have “mixed” them up. Alternatively, you can remove the plus signs and instead, put your variables in the below format.

```auto
String TextBlockXpath = "//*[@id='response_native-data_${counter}_${object_id}']//*[contains(@class,'')]"
WebUI.comment("my pathway is: ${TextBlockXpath}") 

```

And, since you are only getting the TEXT of the element(s), and not a tag’s attribute value, perhaps you should use “getText” instead.

> **Maybe like:**
>
> ```auto
> //If the Elements Count equals four, validate each element; if not then throw an error
> if (element_total == 4) {
> 					
> //Number of Requests row
> def request_number_row = elements_found.get(1).getText()
> KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Request Number Row value: " + request_number_row)
> 					
> //Avg. Requests Per Minute row
> def request_per_minute_row = elements_found.get(2).getText()
> KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Avg. Requests Per Minute value: " + request_per_minute_row)
> 					
> //Avg. Load Time row
> def request_load_time_row = elements_found.get(3).getText()
> KeywordUtil.logInfo ("Avg. Requests Per Minute value: " + request_load_time_row)
> 					
> }
> 
> ```

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/refresher-how-to-pull-text-value-from-individual-testobject-elements/156418/5 "2024-11-22T18:47:20Z")

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So cleaned the code up a bit, no difference.

When I look at the Xpath in Xpath Helper I can see all four elements, and the counter shows that it’s retrieving four elements, so why can’t I get the text to show up?

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/6/a/6a14f929e428272dc672d7441bc77eb6d31ee62e.png)

UPDATE: Aha! Figured that part out, I needed to use a different property lookup per [Get Attribute as null while there is value? - #4 by Andrej\_Podhajsky - Web Testing - Katalon Community](http://forum.katalon.com/t/get-attribute-as-null-while-there-is-value/19532/4)

This lookup returns the desired text:

```auto
def request_per_minute_row = elements_found[2].getAttribute("innerText")

```