Python Selenium, find text in span

Question

I'm trying to find text on the page. Python code using Selenium:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[@ng-bind=''@' + user.username']")

The text I need "@bassale" is on the page:

When executing the code, I get an error:

selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidSelectorException: Message: {"errorMessage":"Unable to locate an element with the xpath expression //span[@ng-bind=''@' + user.username'] because of the following error:\nError: INVALID_EXPRESSION_ERR: DOM XPath Exception 51

Help me find this text on the page.

your xpath is not valid, because of which you are seeing issue — thebadguy
– thebadguy, Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 15:30
try "//span[@ng-bind=\"'@' + user.username\"]" just escaping quotes , reference stackoverflow.com/questions/32759318/… — thebadguy
– thebadguy, Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 15:45
use driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[@ng-bind=\"'@' + user.username\"]").text for getting the text — thebadguy
– thebadguy, Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 15:49
by.xpath('//span[@ng-bind="{0}"]'.format("'@' + user.username")); or by.xpath('//span[@ng-bind="\'@\' + user.username"]'); — yong
– yong, Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 16:19

miczza · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-21 15:38:48Z

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Try with something like this:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[@ng-bind=\"'@' + user.username\"]")

answered Sep 21, 2017 at 15:38

miczza

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