Get Element Tag Name

The Get Element Tag Name command of the WebDriver API returns the tag name of the referenced web element. If for example the element is an <img>, the returned tag name is "IMG", which is equivalent to calling tagName on the element. For XML/XHTML documents it may be cased differently.

Syntax

Method	URI template
GET	/session/{session id}/element/{element id}/name

URL parameters

• session id
  • : Identifier of the session.
• element id
  • : Identifier of the web element to get the tag name of.

Errors

• session not created
  • : Session does not exist.
• no such window
  • : The window object has been discarded, indicating that the tab or window has been closed.
• unexpected alert open
  • : A user prompt, such as window.alert, blocks execution of command until it is dealt with.

Examples

Python:

from selenium import webdriver

session = webdriver.Firefox()
session.get("https://google.com/?hl=en")
search_box = driver.find_element_by_id("q")

print(search_box.tag_name)

Output:

INPUT

Specifications

Browser compatibility