python selenium find element by xpath code example
Example 1: driver.find_element_by_xpath
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="emailField"]')
Example 2: xpath in selenium
How many types of xpath are there?
- Two types of xpath
-> What are the two types?
- Absolute and Relative xpath
#1- Absolute xpath:
- starts with /
- Starts from the very beginning of the html page,
and goes down to desired web element 1 by 1.
- it is NOT dependable at all.
- easly brakes if there is any minimal changes
in the structure of the HTML page.
#2- Relative xpath:
- starts with
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- it will jump to the first matching value and return it
- There are MANY different options to use relative xpath
Commmon xpaths:
#1-
#2-
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-> instead of giving tag name if you pass * it return all the web elements
that contain given attribute and value regardless of the tag name.
Example 3: selenium select element by id
driver.findElement(By.id("ui-datepicker-div"));
Example 4: findby(xpath selenium java)
@FindAll(@FindBy(how = How.XPATH, using = "//a[@class='fNiv' and contains(text(), 'Home')]"))
List<WebElement> allElements;