getAttribute

Get an attribute from a DOM-element based on the attribute name.

Usage

$(selector).getAttribute(attributeName)

Parameters

Name	Type	Details
attributeName	String	requested attribute

Examples

Asynchronous Mode

index.html

<form action="/submit" method="post" class="loginForm">
    <input type="text" name="name" placeholder="username"></input>
    <input type="text" name="password" placeholder="password"></input>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"></input>
</form>

getAttribute.js

it('should demonstrate the getAttribute command', async () => {
    const form = await $('form')
    const attr = await form.getAttribute('method')
    console.log(attr) // outputs: "post"
})

Synchronous Mode

index.html

<form action="/submit" method="post" class="loginForm">
    <input type="text" name="name" placeholder="username"></input>
    <input type="text" name="password" placeholder="password"></input>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"></input>
</form>

getAttribute.js

it('should demonstrate the getAttribute command', () => {
    const form = $('form')
    const attr = form.getAttribute('method')
    console.log(attr) // outputs: "post"
})

caution

Synchronous Mode will depcrecated with Node.js v16. With an update to the underlying Chromium version it became technically impossible to provide the same synchronous behavior. We recommend to start transition to asynchronous command execution. For more information, see our RFC.