Xpath in Selenium | Selenium Xpath Tutorial | Selenium Xpath Examples | Selenium Training | Edureka
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The document provides an overview of Java certification training with a focus on XPath, a language used to query XML documents. It covers various topics such as XPath syntax, types (relative and absolute), and functions like text(), starts-with(), and contains(). The document explains the benefits and usage of XPath in locating elements, particularly in the context of Selenium.
![bookstore
book (category: cooking)
author ( K.S
Bose)
author (J.K.
Rowling)
title (Everyday
Chinese)
book (category: children)
title (Harry
Potter)
XML Tree
Xpath = /bookstore/book[@category=‘children’]/author](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/xpathtutorial-190215063643/85/Xpath-in-Selenium-Selenium-Xpath-Tutorial-Selenium-Xpath-Examples-Selenium-Training-Edureka-8-320.jpg)
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Syntax and Terminology
Xpath=/tagname[@Attribute=‘Value’]
Select current node Select attributes Value of an attribute
Attribute Name
Tagname like input,
div, img etc](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/xpathtutorial-190215063643/85/Xpath-in-Selenium-Selenium-Xpath-Tutorial-Selenium-Xpath-Examples-Selenium-Training-Edureka-11-320.jpg)
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Types of Xpath
Relative Xpath
Absolute Xpath It is the direct way to find the element, but the disadvantage of the
absolute XPath is that if there are any changes made in the path of the
element then that XPath gets failed.
Ex: /html/body/div[1]/section/div[1]/div](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/xpathtutorial-190215063643/85/Xpath-in-Selenium-Selenium-Xpath-Tutorial-Selenium-Xpath-Examples-Selenium-Training-Edureka-14-320.jpg)
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Types of Xpath
Relative Xpath
Absolute Xpath For, Relative Xpath the path starts from the middle of the HTML DOM
structure. It starts with the double forward slash (//), which means it can
search the element anywhere at the webpage
Ex: //input[@id=‘ap_email’]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/xpathtutorial-190215063643/85/Xpath-in-Selenium-Selenium-Xpath-Tutorial-Selenium-Xpath-Examples-Selenium-Training-Edureka-15-320.jpg)
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Xpath Functions
text()
starts-with()
contains( )
contains() is a method used in XPath expression. It is used when the
value of any attribute changes dynamically, for example, login
information.
Xpath=//*[contains(@type,'sub')]
Syntax:](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/xpathtutorial-190215063643/85/Xpath-in-Selenium-Selenium-Xpath-Tutorial-Selenium-Xpath-Examples-Selenium-Training-Edureka-19-320.jpg)
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Xpath Functions
text()
contains( )
starts-with()
starts-with function finds the element whose attribute value
changes on refresh or any operation on the webpage.
Xpath=//label[starts-with(@id,’message')]
Syntax:](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/xpathtutorial-190215063643/85/Xpath-in-Selenium-Selenium-Xpath-Tutorial-Selenium-Xpath-Examples-Selenium-Training-Edureka-20-320.jpg)
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Xpath Functions
starts-with()
contains( )
text()
In this expression, with text function, we find the element with exact text
match as shown below. In our case, we find the element with text
"UserID".
Syntax:
Xpath=//td[text()=’UserID’]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/xpathtutorial-190215063643/85/Xpath-in-Selenium-Selenium-Xpath-Tutorial-Selenium-Xpath-Examples-Selenium-Training-Edureka-21-320.jpg)
Xpath in Selenium | Selenium Xpath Tutorial | Selenium Xpath Examples | Selenium Training | Edureka
- 1. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training
- 2. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Topics to be covered… 01 Introduction to Xpath 02 XML Document 03 Benefits of Xpath 04 Syntax & Terminology 05 Types of Xpath 06 Xpath Functions
- 4. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Introduction To Xpath XPath can be also defined as XML path It consists of a path expression along with some conditions Xpath is a language to query XML documents Important strategy to locate elements in Selenium
- 5. XML Document
- 6. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training XML Document <bookstore> <book category= “cooking”> <title lang=“en”>Everyday Chinese</title> <author>K.S.Bose</author> <book> <book category= “children”> <title lang=“en”>Harry Potter</title> <author>J.K. Rowling</author> <book>
- 7. bookstore book (category: cooking) author ( K.S Bose) author (J.K. Rowling) title (Everyday Chinese) book (category: children) title (Harry Potter) XML Tree
- 8. bookstore book (category: cooking) author ( K.S Bose) author (J.K. Rowling) title (Everyday Chinese) book (category: children) title (Harry Potter) XML Tree Xpath = /bookstore/book[@category=‘children’]/author
- 9. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Benefits of Xpath Queries are compact Queries are easily parsed Queries are easy to read & type Queries do not return repeated nodes Syntax is simple for simple and common cases You can uniquely identify any node in XML Document 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 11. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Syntax and Terminology Xpath=/tagname[@Attribute=‘Value’] Select current node Select attributes Value of an attribute Attribute Name Tagname like input, div, img etc
- 12. Types of
- 13. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Types of Xpath Relative Xpath Absolute Xpath
- 14. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Types of Xpath Relative Xpath Absolute Xpath It is the direct way to find the element, but the disadvantage of the absolute XPath is that if there are any changes made in the path of the element then that XPath gets failed. Ex: /html/body/div[1]/section/div[1]/div
- 15. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Types of Xpath Relative Xpath Absolute Xpath For, Relative Xpath the path starts from the middle of the HTML DOM structure. It starts with the double forward slash (//), which means it can search the element anywhere at the webpage Ex: //input[@id=‘ap_email’]
- 17. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training <bookstore> <book category= “cooking”> <title lang=“en”>Everyday Chinese</title> <author>K.S.Bose</author> <book> <book category= “children”> <title lang=“en”>Harry Potter</title> <author>J.K. Rowling</author> <book> Xpath Functions
- 18. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Xpath Functions text() starts-with() contains( )
- 19. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Xpath Functions text() starts-with() contains( ) contains() is a method used in XPath expression. It is used when the value of any attribute changes dynamically, for example, login information. Xpath=//*[contains(@type,'sub')] Syntax:
- 20. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Xpath Functions text() contains( ) starts-with() starts-with function finds the element whose attribute value changes on refresh or any operation on the webpage. Xpath=//label[starts-with(@id,’message')] Syntax:
- 21. JAVA CERTIFICATION TRAINING www.edureka.co/java-j2ee-soa-training Xpath Functions starts-with() contains( ) text() In this expression, with text function, we find the element with exact text match as shown below. In our case, we find the element with text "UserID". Syntax: Xpath=//td[text()=’UserID’]