DocsElement Statebrowser_get_attribute

browser_get_attribute

Browser Get Attribute

Get the value of an HTML attribute from an element. Can retrieve any attribute including 'href', 'src', 'value', 'data-*' attributes, 'class', 'id', etc. Returns null if attribute doesn't exist.

Usage Example

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import asyncio

from owl_browser import OwlBrowser, RemoteConfig

# Async usage

async with OwlBrowser(config) as browser:

context = await browser.create_context()

context_id = context["context_id"]

await browser.get_attribute(

context_id=context_id,

selector="#element-id",

attribute="value"

)

Parameters

Required

context_idstringrequired

The unique identifier of the browser context (e.g., 'ctx_000001')

selectorstringrequired

CSS selector or natural language description of the element

attributestringrequired

The attribute name to retrieve (e.g., 'href', 'src', 'value', 'data-id', 'class')

Optional

indexstring

When multiple elements match the selector, get attribute from the Nth element (0-based). Default: -1 (first match)

Response

Returns a JSON object with the operation result.

{
  "success": true,
  "result": <value>
}