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]

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