WAYS TO FIND DYNAMIC XPATH FUNCTIONS IN SELENIUM WEBDRIVER

XPATH FUNCTIONS IN SELENIUM WEBDRIVER

• XPath:  //button[starts-with(@id, 'continue')] 
• XPath: //input[contains(@class, 'suggest')].
• XPath: //input[@id='email']/parent::*
• XPath: //input[@id='email']/following::*
• XPath: //input[@id='email']/following::tr
• XPath: //select[@id='month']/following-sibling::*
• XPath: //select[@id='month']/following-sibling::select/
• XPath: //input[@id='pass']/preceding::tr
• XPath: //select[@id='day']/preceding-sibling::select/
• XPath://select[@id='day']/preceding-sibling::*
• //*[contains(@id,’your-common-pattern’)]

Using CSS we can use as below:

• With ID - css=input#email or css=#email
• With Name - css=input[name=email] or css=[name=email]
• xpath : - //*[@id='email' or @name='email']
• xpath: //input[@name='email'][@style='background-color: transparent;']

Some MoreExamples using Xpath Functions:  I often use "contains", but there are more. Here are some examples:

• Multiple Condition: //div[@class='bubble-title' and contains(text(), 'Cover')]
• Partial match: //span[contains(text(), 'Assign Rate')]
• Starts-with: //input[starts-with(@id,'reportcombo')
• Value has spaces: //div[./div/div[normalize-space(.)='More Actions...']]
• Sibling: //td[.='LoadType']/following-sibling::td[1]/select"
• More complex: //td[contains(normalize-space(@class), 'actualcell sajcell-row-lines saj-special x-grid-row-collapsed')]
• Case sensitive : By.xpath("//td[contains(text(),'youruser')]") //here user text is case sensitive
• By.xpath("//td[contains(lower-case(text()),'youruser')]") //to handle case sensitivity. Here user is not case sensitive

Lets we take sample Example here:

Using single attribute

Syntax

• // tagname[@attribute-name=’value1’]

Example

1. // a [@href=’http://www.google.com’]
2. //input[@id=’name’]
3. //input[@name=’username’]
4. //img[@alt=’sometext’]

Sample Example:- .//input[@id='Email'][@name='Email'] – Example for finding Email field in Gmail.

Using contains method

Syntax

• //tagname[contains(@attribute,’value1’)]
• //input[contains(@id,’’)]
• //input[contains(@name,’’)]
• //a[contains(@href,’’)]
• //img[contains(@src,’’)]
• //div[contains(@id,’’)]

Sample Example:- .//*[contains(@id, 'link-signup')] – Example to find out links

Using multiple attribute

Syntax

• //tagname[@attribute1=’value1’][attribute2=’value2’]
• //a[@id=’id1’][@name=’namevalue1’]
• //img[@src=’’][@href=’’]

Using starts-with method

Syntax

• //tagname[starts-with(@attribute-name,’’)]
• //id[starts-with(@id,’’)]
• //a[starts-with(@href=’’)]
• //img[starts-with(@src=’’)]
• //div[starts-with(@id=’’)]
• //input[starts-with(@id=’’)]
• //button[starts-with(@id,’’)]

Using Following node

Syntax

• Xpath/following::again-ur-regular-path
• //input[@id=’’]/following::input[1]
• //a[@href=’’]/following::a[1]
• //img[@src=’’]/following::img[1]

Using preceding node

Syntax

• //input[@id=’’]/ preceding::input[1]
• //a[@href=’’]/ preceding::a[1]
• //img[@src=’’]/ preceding::img[1]