Python & Selenium: Find element by text in span class

Question

I'm trying to find an element, but it doesn't have any ID nor anything else. HTML looks basically like this:

<div class="item_select">
   <span class="item_selection_number">A
</span>
</div>

<div class="item_select">
   <span class="item_selection_number">B
</span>
</div>

I'm trying to find the B element on every page, but its position varies every time, so I can't use span[1] or n-th child(1). How can I do this?

We need a larger context to figure out robust way. Please post more of your HTML. That said, you could try matching text. — abdusco
– abdusco, Commented Jul 8, 2019 at 18:21
Get all of the item_selection_number then check the innerText — Julian Espinosa
– Julian Espinosa, Commented Jul 8, 2019 at 18:22
Welcome to SO. Your question is too broad. Please take the time to read How to Ask and the other links found on that page. — wwii
– wwii, Commented Jul 8, 2019 at 18:23

Chandra Shekhar · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-08 18:31:53Z

3

Use this xpath selector, its the best way when selecting text

//span[@class='item_selection_number'][contains(text(),'B')]

answered Jul 8, 2019 at 18:31

Chandra Shekhar

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Thank you! That helped.

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