I want to use Wildcards in my attributes. For example, this is my regular XPath:
//input[#id='activation:j_idt84:voId:1']`
I want to replace the j_idt number with a wildcard because the number is dynamic. I'm looking for something like this:
//input[#id='activation:*:voId:1']
I don't know how to solve that issue. Is my idea even possible?
Unfortunately there's no string wildcards in XPath. However you can use multiple contains() and starts-with() to filter things like this.
//input[starts-with(#id, 'activation:') and contains(#id, ':voId:1')]
Also, this answer could be useful too: selenium: Is it possible to use the regexp in selenium locators
You can use string wildcards using the matches function which is available in XPath 2.0:
//input[matches(#id, 'activation:.*:voId:1')]
Related
For example, I have div tag that has two attributes.
class='hello#123' text='321#he#321llo#321'
<div> class='hello#123' text='321#he#321llo#321'></div>
Here, I want to write xpath for both class and text attributes but numbers may change dynamically. ie., "hello#123" may become "345" when we reload. "321#he#321llo#321" may become "567#he#456llo#321".
Note: Need to write xpath in single line not separately.
Assuming that you have the (corrected) two-attribute-HTML
<div class='hello#123' text='321#he#321llo#321'>...</div>
you can select it using the following, for example:
Using the contains() function
//div[contains(#class,'hello') and contains(#text,'#he#')]
This is quite specific and only applicable if the "hello" is always split in the same way
Using the translate() function to mask everything except the chars for "hello"
//div[translate(#class,'#0123456789','')='hello' and translate(#text,'#0123456789','')='hello']
This removes all # chars and digits and checks if the remaining string is "hello"
I guess combining these two approaches you will be able to create your own XPath expression fitting your needs. The patterns you provided were not fully clear, so this may only approach a good enough solution.
I am load testing an application that has a link that looks like this:
https://example.com/myapp/table?qid=1434e99d-5b7c-4e74-b64e-c24e9564514d&rsid=5c94ddc7-e2e4-4e69-8547-49572486f4d1
I need to get the dynamic value of the rsid so I can use it later in my script.
So far I have tried using the regex extractor and I am probably doing it wrong.
I have tried things like:
name = myvar
regular expression = rsid=(.*?) # didnt work
regular expression = <a href=".*?rsid=(.*?)"> # didnt work
Template = $1$
I have one extractor set up to get the csrf value and that one works as expected but that is also because the csrf value is in the page source.
The above link is NOT in the page source as far as I can see but it DOES show up when I inspect the link. I dont know if that is obfuscation or something else?
How can I extract the value of the rsid? Is the regular expression extractor the right one to use for this?
Should I be using something else?
Is it just a formula issue?
Thanks in advance.
Try something like:
rsid=[0-9A-Fa-f\-]{36}
the above regular expression should match a GUID-like structure and your rsid seems to be an instance of it.
Demo:
Also be aware of the Boundary Extractor, it's sufficient to specify "left" and "right" boundaries and it will extract everything in-between. In general coming up with "boundaries" is much easier than creating a regular expression, it's more readable and JMeter processes the Boundary Extractors much faster. More information: The Boundary Extractor vs. the Regular Expression Extractor in JMeter
I have used ends-with function as
(By.xpath("//input[ends-with(#id,'_PHONE$']"));
But it didnot work
The ends-with function is part of XPath 2.0 but browsers generally only support 1.0.
So, if you strictly want to fetch all elements that ends with a specific pattern, you can either fetch all elements that contain that pattern (using the contains() function) and then strictly check the suffix of the id (fetch the attribute value by .getAttribute("id")) using Java's .endsWith() method.
Or
You can use string-length function, substring function and equals to get this XPath:
"//input[substring(#id, string-length(#id) - string-length('_PHONE$1') +1) = '_PHONE$1']"
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//id[contains(text(),'PHONE$')]"));
You can use below XPath as well:-
//input[contains(#id,'PHONE$1')]
Hope it will help you :)
Your id is ending with _PHONE$1 and not _PHONE$. Notice that there is a 1 at the end.
(By.xpath("//input[ends-with(#id,'_PHONE$1']"));
If you still don't want to match that 1 use contains.
By.xpath("//input[contains(#id,'_PHONE$1']"));
Use contains Method
By.xpath("//input[contains(text(), '_PHONE$']");
Or use wait explicit method
I want to write something of the sort:
//a[not contains(#id, 'xx')]
(meaning all the links that there 'id' attribute doesn't contain the string 'xx')
I can't find the right syntax.
not() is a function in XPath (as opposed to an operator), so
//a[not(contains(#id, 'xx'))]
you can use not(expression) function
or
expression != true()
None of these answers worked for me for python. I solved by this
a[not(#id='XX')]
Also you can use or condition in your xpath by | operator. Such as
a[not(#id='XX')]|a[not(#class='YY')]
Sometimes we want element which has no class. So you can do like
a[not(#class)]
Use boolean function like below:
//a[(contains(#id, 'xx'))=false]
Can someone help me to bring this code working? I have several select fields and I only want the last one in my variable.
variable = browser.elements_by_xpath('//div[#class="nested-field"]//select[last()]
Thanks!
This is a FAQ: The [] operator in XPath has higher precedence (priority) than the // pseudo-operator. This is why brackets must be used to change the default operator priorities. There are at least several similar questions with good explanations -- search for them and read and understand.
Instead of:
//div[#class="nested-field"]//select[last()]
Use:
(//div[#class="nested-field"]//select)[last()]
is the class attribute an exact match?
if the mark up is like this
<div class="nested-field other">
...
then you'll have to either match by the exact class or use xpath contains.