Method getAttribute

Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py:734–748

Returns the value of the specified attribute. Returns the value of the element's attribute named attname as a string. An empty string is returned if the element does not have such an attribute. Note that an empty string may also be returned as an explicitly given att

(self, attname)

        Node.unlink(self)

    def getAttribute(self, attname):
        """Returns the value of the specified attribute.

        Returns the value of the element's attribute named attname as
        a string. An empty string is returned if the element does not
        have such an attribute. Note that an empty string may also be
        returned as an explicitly given attribute value, use the
        hasAttribute method to distinguish these two cases.
        """
        if self._attrs is None:
            return ""
        try:
            return self._attrs[attname].value
        except KeyError:
            return ""

    def getAttributeNS(self, namespaceURI, localName):
        if self._attrsNS is None: