How to include regex in the css selector in python selenium

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I am trying the extract the text by using the CSS selector. as variables are dynamic in nature they are continuously updating.

#profileCard-ACoAABI4A30BKLei-DtaS6B6vQo-3ejw-nzI1W8-EDUCATION-en-US 

this is a CSS selector

driver.find_element_by_css_selector('#profileCard-ACoAABI4A30BKLei-DtaS6B6vQo-3ejw-nzI1W8-EDUCATION-en-US').text

x_path = //*[@id="profileCard-ACoAABI4A30BKLei-DtaS6B6vQo-3ejw-nzI1W8-EDUCATION-en-US"]
# here i tried to apply the regex
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[ends-with(@id,'EDUCATION-en-US')]")

But I'm getting an error as 'InvalidSelectorException'.
Is there any way to get the data without error?

'ACoAABI4A30BKLei-DtaS6B6vQo-3ejw-nzI1W8' this path will be continuously updating. '#profileCard', 'EDUCATION-en-US' there will be no change in this

Any help or lead to solve the issue would be very helpful. Thanks in advance

Prophet · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-10 12:05:49Z

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This should do what you are looking for:

driver.find_element_by_css_selector('[id^="profileCard-"][id$="-EDUCATION-en-US"]').text

The ^ denotes what the id should begin with.

The $ denotes what the id should end with.

answered Jan 10, 2022 at 12:05

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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-10 12:19:08Z

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For value of id attributes like:

#profileCard-ACoAABI4A30BKLei-DtaS6B6vQo-3ejw-nzI1W8-EDUCATION-en-US

xpath doesn't supports ends-with(). Instead you can use either of the following options:

Using xpath:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//*[starts-with(@id, 'profileCard') and contains(@id, 'EDUCATION-en-US')]").text

Using css_selector:

driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "[id^='profileCard'][id$='EDUCATION-en-US']").text

answered Jan 10, 2022 at 12:19

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Nikhil Over a year ago

Suppose if we have Xpath = //*[@id="ember265"]/div/div/div[1] like this where numbers are dynamic and this is XPath is independent of class and id. Then what is way to implement regex here

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

ember* indicates a dynamic element. You have to construct the locator considering that.

Nikhil Over a year ago

currenty i am using this. driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(@id,'ember')]/div/div/div[1]").text but it returning a empty list.

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

Let's discuss the issue in Selenium room.

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