selecting css properties value from inline style using xpath

Question

<a href="http://link.com">
 <div style="background-image:url(https://imageurl.jpeg);">
  </div>
</a>

Is there a selector in xpath that allows for getting the value of a certain css declaration, bearing in mind that it is an inline style.

In the code example above I want to retrieve the value of the "background-image" prop.

consider using "selenium webdriver" or Python "scrapy" module — RomanPerekhrest
– RomanPerekhrest, Commented Jun 10, 2017 at 19:37

SomeDude · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-10 21:18:42Z

2

You could use the xpath :

substring-before(substring-after(//div/@style, 'background-image:url('), ')')

answered Jun 10, 2017 at 21:18

SomeDude

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perfect answer, basically find the beginning and end of the characters surrounding the url. thanks!