How to deal with dynamic Xpath selenium and python

Question

I have an Xpath like this that is changing every time I open the url

//*[@id="awsui-select-23"]/div/awsui-icon/span

What changes is the number after select as for the example:

//*[@id="awsui-select-41"]/div/awsui-icon/span

I tried to give the following xpath but it's not working

("//*[contains(@id, 'awsui-select-')]")

Can you help me understand how should I create/change the Xpath in my code so I can access the element each time the url is opening?

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-03 06:00:35Z

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See this is the xpath

//*[@id="awsui-select-23"]/div/awsui-icon/span

you are using, and digits are changing, so you can use contaons

//*[contains(@id,'awsui-select-')]/div/awsui-icon/span

or (if you want to select the first span)

(//*[contains(@id,'awsui-select')]/descendant::span)[1]

use it like this :

ele = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(@id,'awsui-select-')]/div/awsui-icon/span")

Update 1 :

The below works for OP :-

(//*[contains(@id,'awsui-select')]/descendant::span)[2]

or

(//*contains(@id,'awsui-select-')]/div/awsui-icon/span)[2]

answered Aug 2, 2021 at 18:09

cruisepandey

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3 Comments

thank you, unfortunately this is the second element on the page with same xpath(similar xpath) it's a trigger icon and it is not working this way :(

Okay could you try this for second button (//*[contains(@id,'awsui-select')]/descendant::span)[2]

Or probably this ,(//*contains(@id,'awsui-select-')]/div/awsui-icon/span)[2]