getAttribute("value") returning null value, why?

Question

My code is

String OTP = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@id='otp']")).getAttribute("value");
System.out.println(OTP);

Answer 1

Assuming you are trying to get the text in the span. getAttribute("value") only works for textbox, textarea. For span div and others use getText()

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@id='otp']")).getText();