10_Table_Text.py

"""
Learn to parse the text within each cell of a table

DISCLAIMER: This code is aimed at Selenium BEGINNERS
For more advanced tutorials and to learn how Qxf2 writes GUI automation, please visit our:
a) Our GUI automation guides: http://qxf2.com/gui-automation-diy
b) Other GitHub repos: https://github.com/qxf2

AUTHOR: Avinash Shetty
Contact: avinash@qxf2.com

SCOPE:
1) Launch Firefox driver
2) Navigate to Qxf2 Tutorial page
3) Get all the fields from the table
4) Close the browser
"""
import time
from selenium import webdriver

# Create an instance of Firefox WebDriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
# Maximize the browser window
driver.maximize_window()
# Navigate to Qxf2 Tutorial page        
driver.get("http://qxf2.com/selenium-tutorial-main")

# KEY POINT: Logic to get the text in each cell of the table
# Find the Example table element in the page
table = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//table[@name='Example Table']")
# Use find_elements_by_xpath method to get the rows in the table
rows = table.find_elements_by_xpath("//tbody/descendant::tr")
# Create a list to store the text
result_data = []
# Go to each row and get the no of columns and the navigate to column 
# Then get the text from each column
for i in xrange(0,len(rows)):
    # Find no of columns by getting the td elements in each row
    cols = rows[i].find_elements_by_tag_name('td')
    cols_data = []
    for j in xrange(0,len(cols)):
        # Get the text of each field 
        cols_data.append(cols[j].text.encode('utf-8'))           
    result_data.append(cols_data)

# Print the result list
print result_data

# Pause the script for 3 sec              
time.sleep(3)

# Close the browser       
driver.close()