How to select text node without preceding text in XPath? - xpath

<div class="a">
<div class="a random number of div wrapers">
<div>Random1<em>Median</em>
<div class="b">
<div class="c">Edit</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>Random2<em>Median</em></div>
<div>
<em>Median</em>
</div>
<div>Random3<em>Median</em></div>
<div>Random4<em>Median</em>
<div>Random4<em>Median</em></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="a">
<div class="a random number of div wrapers">
<div>Random1<em>Median</em></div>
<div>Random2<em>Median</em></div>
<div>
<em>Median</em>
</div>
<div>Random3<em>Median</em>
<div class="b">
<div class="c">Edit</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>Random4<em>Median</em>
</div>
</div>
In this case, how to get the two nodes contains 'Median' that doesn't have text before it using XPath?
I prefer not using the index because the node position could be random.


Maybe try:
//*[.='Median'][not(preceding-sibling::text()[normalize-space()])]

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xpath: How to combine multiple conditions on different axes

I try to extract all links based on these three conditions:
Must be part of <div data-test="cond1">
Must have a <a href="..." class="cond2">
Must not have a <img src="..." class="cond3">
The result should be "/product/1234".
<div data-test="test1">
<div>
<div data-test="cond1">
Link 1
<div class="test4">
<div class="test5">
<div class="test6">
<div class="test7">
<div class="test8">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div data-test="test2">
<div>
<div data-test="cond1">
Link 2
<div class="test4">
<div class="test5">
<div class="test6">
<div class="test7">
<div class="test8">
<img src="bild.jpg" class="cond3">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
I'm able to extract the links with the following xpath query.
//div[starts-with(#data-test,"cond")]/a[starts-with(#class,"cond")]/#href
(I know the first part is not really neccessary. But better safe than sorry.)
But I'm still struggling with excluding the links containing an descendant img tag and how to add it to the query above.

This should do what you want:
//div[#data-test="cond1" and not(.//img[#class="cond3"])]
/a[#class="cond2"]
/#href
/product/1234

Xpath get child that does not contain class

I have a xml like this and am trying to select the groupIdentifier element without the display:none child (would like to use the css "identifier" along with it) to finally select the input. Have been at this for hours and would like to call the xpath gods to help me out.
<div class="groupIdentifier">
<div>
<input class="inputClassIdentifier">
</div>
<div>
...
<div>
<div class="something">
... some more elements
</div>
<div class="identifier hidden" style="display: none">
... some more elements
</div>
<div class="something">
... some more elements
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="groupIdentifier">
<div>
<input class="inputClassIdentifier">
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div class="something">
... some more elements
</div>
<div class="identifier ">
... some more elements
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Thanks
edit:
I have
//div[contains(#class, 'identifier') and not(contains(#style, 'display: none'))] which basically selects the identifier div of the second section.
What I need now is to select the input with class inputClassIdentifier within its parent.

Here's your xpath.
//div[#class='groupIdentifier' and div/div/div[not(contains(#style, 'display: none'))]]

I got it using descendant axis
//div[#data-testid='groupIdentifier' and descendant::div[contains(#class, 'identifier') and not(contains(#style, 'display: none'))]]//input[#name='inputClassIdentifier']

XPath: how to select elements that are related to other on the same level

The question is simple but I don't have enough practice for this case :)
How to get price text value from every div within "block" if we know that we need only item_promo elements.
<div class="block">
<div class="item_promo">item</div>
<div class="item_price">123</div>
</div>
<div class="block">
<div class="item_promo">item</div>
<div class="item_price">456</div>
</div>
<div class="block">
<div class="item_promo">item</div>
<div class="item_price">789</div>
</div>
<div class="block">
<div class="item">item</div>
<div class="item_price">222</div>
</div>
<div class="block">
<div class="item">item</div>
<div class="item_price">333</div>
</div>

You could use the xpath :
//div[#class='block']/*[#class='item_promo']/following-sibling::div[#class='item_price']/text()
You look for div elements that has attribute class with value item_promo and look at its following sibling which has an attribute item_price and grab the text.

This XPath,
//div[div/#class='item_promo']/div[#class='item_price']
will return those item_price class div elements with sibling item_promo class div elements:
<div class="item_price">123</div>
<div class="item_price">456</div>
<div class="item_price">789</div>
This will work regardless of label/price order.

Javascript to sort elements

I've need to sort some items on the page where the CMS I use doesn't provide for this. I can add some tags dynamically, but I need help here with some Javascript that would put the items in the correct order.
Further at the top of the HTML page I've got an 'event selector', e.g.:
<div class="w-embed">
<div event-selector="weddings"></div>
</div>
This would determine which set of the sorting numbers to use. Each item includes some code with a sort number from each set. w-dyn-item are the elements that need sorting.
<div class="w-dyn-list">
<div class="w-dyn-items">
<div class="w-dyn-item">
<div class="w-embed">
<div sort-event="conference" sort="09"></div>
<div sort-event="exhibition" sort="110"></div>
<div sort-event="wedding" sort="2"></div>
</div>
<div>
Content A
</div>
</div>
<div class="w-dyn-item">
<div class="w-embed">
<div sort-event="conference" sort="06"></div>
<div sort-event="exhibition" sort="60"></div>
<div sort-event="wedding" sort="1"></div>
</div>
<div>
Content B
</div>
</div>
<div class="w-dyn-item">
<div class="w-embed">
<div sort-event="conference" sort="01"></div>
<div sort-event="exhibition" sort="54"></div>
<div sort-event="wedding" sort="3"></div>
</div>
<div>
Content C
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
The logic would be: Sort w-dyn-item elements by using the 'sort-event' numbers that correspond to the 'event-selector' (from smallest to largest number).
The site's using jQuery if that's any help.
I've put it into a Fiddle here: https://jsfiddle.net/j2rqze8p
Many thanks for any help.

Here is how you can actually sort the elements with jQuery.
var sortPropertyName = $('.w-embed [event-selector]').attr('event-selector');
var sortAttrValues = {
'weddings': 'wedding',
'exhibitions': 'exhibition',
'conferences': 'conference'
};
var sortAttributeValue = sortAttrValues[sortPropertyName];
if(!sortAttributeValue) {
throw new Error('Unable to sort. Sort attribute value not found.')
}
var attrSelector = '[sort-event="' + sortAttributeValue + '"]';
var $container = $('.w-dyn-items');
var $items = $container.children('.w-dyn-item');
$items.sort(function (item1, item2) {
var item1Value = $(item1).find(attrSelector).attr('sort');
var item2Value = $(item2).find(attrSelector).attr('sort');
return parseInt(item1Value) - parseInt(item2Value);
});
$items.detach().appendTo($container);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="w-dyn-list">
<div class="w-embed">
<div event-selector="weddings"></div>
</div>
<div class="w-dyn-items">
<div class="w-dyn-item">
<div class="w-embed">
<div sort-event="conference" sort="09"></div>
<div sort-event="exhibition" sort="110"></div>
<div sort-event="wedding" sort="2"></div>
</div>
<div>
Content A
</div>
</div>
<div class="w-dyn-item">
<div class="w-embed">
<div sort-event="conference" sort="06"></div>
<div sort-event="exhibition" sort="60"></div>
<div sort-event="wedding" sort="1"></div>
</div>
<div>
Content B
</div>
</div>
<div class="w-dyn-item">
<div class="w-embed">
<div sort-event="conference" sort="01"></div>
<div sort-event="exhibition" sort="54"></div>
<div sort-event="wedding" sort="3"></div>
</div>
<div>
Content C
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
There are two moments.
First, as I noticed the value of event-selector is plural whereas sort-event are singular.
I solved this by having a hash to match one to another.
The another thing is that you might need to run this script on 'event-selector' change if you want the sort to by dynamic. But it's basically a matter of a different discussion.

Xpath keeps selecting all objects of the given class instead of the first

This one has me stumped., I'm trying to select the first class = csb-quantity-listbox object of the below using the XPATH //select[#class='csb-quantity-listbox'][1], but instead of selecting the first quantity listbox it's selecting ALL the listboxes on the page with that class (see image below).
What am I doing wrong?
<div class="gwt-product-detail-products-container">
<div class="gwt-product-detail-products-header-column">
</div>
<div id="gwt-product-detail-widget-id-12766" class="gwt-product-detail-widget">
<div class="gwt-product-detail-widget-image-column ui-draggable" title="12766">
<div class="gwt-product-detail-widget-options-column">
</div>
<div class="gwt-product-detail-widget-price-column">
</div>
<div class="gwt-product-detail-widget-quantity-panel">
<select class="csb-quantity-listbox" name="quantity_12766"></select>
</div>
<div class="gwt-bundle-add-to-cart-btn">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="gwt-product-detail-widget-id-10617" class="gwt-product-detail-widget">
<div class="gwt-product-detail-widget-image-column ui-draggable" title="10617">
<div class="gwt-product-detail-widget-options-column">
</div>
<div class="gwt-product-detail-widget-price-column">
</div>
<div class="gwt-product-detail-widget-quantity-panel">
<select class="csb-quantity-listbox" name="quantity_10617"></select>
</div>
<div class="gwt-bundle-add-to-cart-btn">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Image:

You just need to put brackets around the statement before the [1]
Like so:
(//select[#class='csb-quantity-listbox'])[1]

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