I am using FirePath to generate valid XPaths for Behat automation tests and frequently find myself with this issue:
I need to generate an XPath for the automation tests, i.e. to click on an element, but the path contains two parts that I need to check for to confirm it is the correct one
<div id="flash-success" class="alert-box with-icon info"> Operation note created. </div>
So in the above code I can use any of these valid XPaths that will result in one matching node:
//*[#id='flash-success']
//*[#class='alert-box with-icon info']
//*[contains(text(), 'Operation note created.')]
Ideally I want to confirm that the XPath checks two parts, the id/class AND the text, something like this:
//*[#class='alert-box with-icon info']//*[contains(text(), 'Operation note created.')]
But that is NOT a valid XPath. Can anyone shed any light here, I have tried reading up on W3 and questions on here but have yet to find a solution
If you want to find an element were all 3 of your conditions must be true you can write:
//*[#id='flash-success'][#class='alert-box with-icon info'][contains(text(), 'Operation note created.')]
or
//*[#id='flash-success' and #class='alert-box with-icon info' and contains(text(), 'Operation note created.')]
If you want to find an element were ANY of your condtions are true you would write:
//*[#id='flash-success' or #class='alert-box with-icon info' or contains(text(), 'Operation note created.')]
As a sidenote, usually when checking against a class attribute in html you would do contains(#class,'alert-box') since there usually are mulitple classes that are space separated, which are often generated and do not have to be in any order.
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I'm generating an XML report, using the JDF standard for PDFs going into a printing workflow.
There are 3 "DPart" sections, and I can use an xPath query to recognize them, but I want to grab the "Separation" attribute of each "cip4:Part". I can also get a query to find that, but it does not distinguish between the multiple "DPart"s.
<DPart End="0" ID="0003" ParentRef="0002" Start="0">
<DPM>
<cip4:Root>
<cip4:Intent cip4:ProductType="ProductPart"/>
<cip4:Production>
<cip4:Resource>
<cip4:Part Separation="K1"/>
<cip4:Color cip4:ActualColorName="Black" cip4:ColorType="Normal">
</cip4:Resource>
<cip4:Resource>
<cip4:Part Separation="S1"/>**
<cip4:Color cip4:ActualColorName="Dieline" cip4:ColorType="Normal">
</cip4:Resource>
<cip4:Resource>
<cip4:ColorantControl ColorantOrder="K1 S1" ColorantParams="K1 S1"/>
</cip4:Resource>
<cip4:Resource>
<eg:InkCoverage>
<eg:InkCov eg:Mm2="0.000000" eg:Pct="0.000000" eg:Separation="K1"/>
<eg:InkCov eg:Mm2="182.337538" eg:Pct="0.721209" eg:Separation="S1"/>
</eg:InkCoverage>
</cip4:Resource>
</cip4:Production>
</cip4:Root>
</DPM>
</DPart>
I want to do something like:
/DPM[2]/*[name ()='cip4:Part'], but it's not working.
I'm in a low-code pre-press environment (Esko Automation Engine), but the system gives me tools to parse an xPath, and throw some JavaScript at it.
There are at least three reasons your XPath selects nothing:
DPM is not an immediate child of the root node
There is only one DPM, so DPM[2] won't select anything
There is no child of a DPM whose name is cip4:Part.
You also say in the narrative that there are three DPart's, which implies that DPart is not actually the outermost element as it appears to be in your sample. This makes it difficult to provide the correct XPath. However, you might be able to make a start with
(//DPM)[2]//*[name()='cip4:Part']
I’m trying to match a value where I don’t necessarily know the whole value every time i.e. it's randomly generated. Is there a way to search for a value where a part of the value dynamically changes?
Please see my example of value I'm trying to find and my attempted xPath:
<div class="target" testid="target”>
<h2>Hi, random user</h2>
<p>To get the xpath <b>target</b> of <b>[text I don’t know]</b> in <b>[text I don’t know]</b>, you need to do the following</p>
</div>
I’ve tried the following xpath I picked up from another question but it don’t get a match:
//p[matches(.,'^To get the xpath <b>target</b> of <b>.*</b> in <b>.*</b>, you need to do the following$')]
I’ve tried different combinations with and without the bold tag but can’t seem to get it to match. truthfully I'm not sure I've got the right syntax...
Try the plain text in the second argument of matches e.g.
//p[matches(., '^To get the xpath target of .*? in .*?, you need to do the following$')]
Online sample here.
Why not to use contains() method using the fixed attribute value?
Something like:
//p[contains(.,'you need to do the following')]
I have some xpath and I am evaluating against an XML.
//view/section/row
[(cell/data[#value='Other Roles']) and
(cell/data[contains(#value,'336')]) and
(cell/data[contains(#value,'0')]) and
(cell/data[contains(#value,'320')]) and
(cell/data[contains(#value,'16')]) and
(cell/data[contains(#value,'0')]) ]
While doing so, the xpath might not be available say row does not have the cell with data 336 , can I get that piece of information where it failed
Any code/utils that gives this information
In general, No.
Even if the result set is empty, it does not mean it fails. It is just an empty result set, which is a valid result. So as a matter of fact, your assumption is wrong, because the XPath did not fail.
If you want to check whether your XPath yiels an empty sequence, you can check using fn:empty(), e.g. empty(cell/data[contains(#value,'336')]).
Using XPath 2.0 you can also raise your own errors, using the fn:error() function. However, I do not see how you want to apply that in this specific example in a useful manner.
I've not seen any tools that automatically do this, but manually performing such sanity checks can be very useful:
First check that you're matching views:
//view
then sections:
//view/section
then rows:
//view/section/row
then specific rows:
//view/section/row[(cell/data[#value='Other Roles'])]
...until you get to a point where reality deviates from your expectations. You'll then know where an adjustment must be made.
I have to find out XPath for code :
<td>
<input type="button" onclick="redirectToUserList(5);" class="btnManage" value="Manage Users" style="background-color: transparent;">
Using firebug the XPath is :
/html/body/div/div/div[4]/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr[2]/td/div/table/tbody/tr/td
/table/tbody/tr[5]/td/div/div/form/table/tbody/tr[2]/td[4]/input
But how can I have a shorter XPath? For example, I wish the following could run:
//input[#value='Manage Users']
Please advise how to find shorter XPath using standard syntax?
It is not mandatory to use id or name. You can use any attribute of that element.
Following are different xpaths for given locators
1. "//input[#value='Manage Users']"
2. "//input[contains(#onclick,'redirectToUserList')]"
3. "//input[#type='button' and #class='btnManage']"
You do not need to search for id or name, you can search for any attribute.
For example:
//input[#value="Manage Users"]
which sounds unique
As an addon to above given answers any specific attribute like id or name is never necessary.
We mostly take id and value to identify an element uniquely because other attributes may specify some other locators as well.
If any attribute is not creating confusion with some other locator you can choose it without any worry.
Lastly if you are not so good in writing xpath and also dont like large xpaths given by firebug just install an addon of firebug called as Firepath it will give you the shortest feasible xpath.
You can also go with other addons like Xpath Checker etc.
I am trying to automate some tests using selenium webdriver. I am dealing with a third-party login provider (OAuth) who is using duplicate id's in their html. As a result I cannot "find" the input fields correctly. When I just select on an id, I get the wrong one.
This question has already been answered for JQuery. But I would like an answer (I am presuming using Xpath) that will work in Selenium webdriver.
On other questions about this issue, answers typically say "you should not have duplicate id's in html". Preaching to the choir there. I am not in control of the webpage in question. If it was, I would use class and id properly and just fix the problem that way.
Since I cannot do that. What options do I get with xpath etc?
you can do it by driver.find_element_by_id, for example ur duplicate "duplicate_ID" is inside "div_ID" wich is unique :
driver.find_element_by_id("div_ID").find_element_by_id("duplicate_id")
for other duplicate id under another div :
driver.find_element_by_id("div_ID2").find_element_by_id("duplicate_id")
This XPath expression:
//div[#id='something']
selects all div elements in the XML document, the string value of whose id attribute is the string "something".
This Xpath expression:
count(//div[#id='something'])
produces the number of the div elements selected by the first XPath expression.
And this XPath expression:
(//div[#id='something'])[3]
selects the third (in document order) div element that is selected by the first XPath expression above.
Generally:
(//div[#id='something'])[$k]
selects the $k-th such div element ($k must be substituted with a positive integer).
Equipped with this knowledge, one can get any specific div whose id attribute has string value "something".
Which language are you working on? Dublicate id's shouldn't be a problem as you can virtually grab any attribute not just the id tag using xpath. The syntax will differ slightly in other languages (let me know if you want something else than Ruby) but this is how you do it:
driver.find_element(:xpath, "//input[#id='loginid']"
The way you go about constructing the xpath locator is the following:
From the html code you can pick any attribute:
<input id="gbqfq" class="gbqfif" type="text" value="" autocomplete="off" name="q">
Let's say for example that you want to consturct your xpath with the html code above (Google's search box) using name attribute. Your xpath will be:
driver.find_element(:xpath, "//input[#name='q']"
In other words when the id's are the same just grab another attribute available!
Improvement:
To avoid fragile xpath locators such as order in the XML document (which can change easily) you can use something even more robust. Two xpath locators instead of one. This can also be useful when dealing with hmtl tags that are really similar. You can locate an element by 2 of its attributes like this:
driver.find_element(:id, 'amount') and driver.find_element(xpath: "//input[#maxlength='50']")
or in pure xpath one liner if you prefer:
//input[#id="amount" and #maxlength='50']
Alternatively (and provided your xpath will only return one unique element) you can move one more step higher in the abstraction level; completely omitting the attribute values:
//input[#id and #maxlength]
It's not listed at http://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/locating-elements.html but I'm able access a method find_elements_by_id
This returns a list of all elements with the duplicate ID.
links = browser.find_elements_by_id("link")
for link in links:
print(link.get_attribute("href"))
you should use driver.findElement(By.xpath() but while locating element with firebug you should select absolute path for particular element instead of getting relative path this is how you will get the element even with duplicate ID's