Locating an element with dynamic ID using Selenium and Python

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I need to find an element by ID "start-ads", but the numbers at the end change every time. Is it possible to search for an element not by the whole ID, but only by its part?

Full element id: <div id="start-ads-202308">

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-19 20:07:58Z

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To identify the following element:

<div id="start-ads-202308">

considering the static part of the value of id attribute you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using css_selector:

element = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div[id^='start-ads-']")

where ^ denotes starts-with

Using xpath:

element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[starts-with(@id, 'start-ads-')]")

answered Nov 19, 2021 at 20:07

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Iain Shelvington · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-19 17:24:35Z

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You can use find_element_by_css_selector and use a CSS selector that matches using a prefix

driver.find_element_by_css_selector("div[id^='start-ads-']")

answered Nov 19, 2021 at 17:24

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