in selenium how to use string variable into xpath

Question

How to pass variable inside my xpath and use it? Or please advise if there is a better way to do this. Then I will do IF condition, in case my page will contents appropriate report name.

here is a pseudo code: 
unique_report_name = ("rep" + str(randint(100, 200)))
create report...
search created report...
result = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(),'Report Name :"unique_report_name"')]")  
  if result is displayed: 
    do something...

CEH · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-13 20:53:44Z

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From the HTML you posted, I don't see any quotation marks in Report Name : rep101 so these quotation marks may not be necessary. Based on the HTML, here's how I would write the XPath:

driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//h1[contains(text(), 'Report Name : " + unique_report_name + "')]")

However, if rep101 is actually surrounded by qutoation marks, you will need to use escape characters in Python to do this. Here's how I would refactor your XPath, if there are quotation marks in the text:

result = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(),'Report Name :\"unique_report_name\"')]")

The \ character will escape your " characters in the XPath, so your string will not be interrupted.

edited Oct 13, 2019 at 20:53

answered Oct 13, 2019 at 20:48

CEH

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