Python Selenium selecting div class

Question

So I'm writing a script using Selenium but I got stuck at finding a div class.

The structure on the website is like this:

<div class="field first_name">
    <input type="text" placeholder="First Name"></input>
</div>`

Already tried something like driver.find_element_by_xpath("//field[@first_name]") But it didn't work for some reason, maybe I did it wrong or have to it in a different way.

Anyone got a clue?

xpy · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-16 08:26:50Z

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You are mixing class and xpath locators in an unsupported way!

Either of the following will work:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[contains(@class, 'first_name')]")
driver.find_element_by_class_name("first_name")

You might want to consider reading some documentation on XPath, and perhaps Selenium locators in general.

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Hector Monsegur Over a year ago

Thank you very much friend for both the solution and documentation links.

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