Python Selenium xPath select from div class a rel

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<div class='into'>
    <div class="state  " rel="AA" style="width:80px;">AA (1028)</div>
    <div class="state  " rel="BB" style="width:80px;">BB (307)</div>
</div>

I'd like to select one of elements rel="AA" or rel="BB" to click on it, tried several ways. The most usable idea was:

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='into']/[text()='AA']").click()

However there is a number after the text what is various.

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='into']/[rel='AA']").click()

And this not works.

Try @rel instead of just rel.

lauda
– lauda

2017-02-01 11:41:18 +00:00
Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 11:41 — lauda
– lauda, Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 11:41

NarendraR · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-01 12:17:59Z

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Use the following xpath

browser.find_element_by_xpath(".//div[@class='into']/div[@rel='CA']").click()

Also can use normalize-spacemethod to omit the spaces in your class name like below -

browser.find_element_by_xpath(".//div[normalize-space(@class)='state'][@rel='AA']").click()

edited Feb 1, 2017 at 12:17

answered Feb 1, 2017 at 12:03

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G. Doe Over a year ago

Unable to locate, also tried: //div[@class='into']/div[@class='state '][@rel='CA']

G. Doe Over a year ago

Yep! It works. Thank you! :) Could you clarify what . made?

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-01 12:34:54Z

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If you need your XPath to match one of elements with attributes rel="AA" or rel="BB" (in case one of them might not be present on page) then try below:

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='into']/div[@rel="AA" or @rel="BB"]").click()

answered Feb 1, 2017 at 12:34

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Marc vT · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-01 12:36:54Z

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If you want to use your example with text() then you could use either of the following:

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='into']/div[contains(text(), 'AA')]").click()

or

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='into']/div[starts-with(text(), 'AA')]").click()

otherwise use the answer given by @lauda and use @rel to declare it as an attribute

edited Feb 1, 2017 at 12:36

answered Feb 1, 2017 at 11:45

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G. Doe Over a year ago

SyntaxError: The expression is not a legal expression. For both three tries

Marc vT Over a year ago

Ah, I forgot the second div, that is most likely the problem

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