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user1715197
user1715197

Reputation: 23

Selenium target has random numbers

I've been trying to test a web application that generates html id's with a random value in the middle. For instance: attribute_new_12493044135_name The attribute defines the class of object that I want to find and the "name" is the unique part of this string. The problem is that I don't have Xpath 2.0 and thus can't use ends-with on the script. Can anyone help? I've tried to use Selenium Webdriver and IDE, and couldn't find an answer.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1334

Answers (2)

3learner
3learner

Reputation: 27

Also using a combination of css locators instead of the XPath will work:

[id*=attribute_new_][id*=_name]

OR:

[id^=attribute_new_][id$=_name]

Here's what the signs mean:

"^" - prefixes / starts with

"$" - suffixes / ends with

"*" - substrings / contains

Upvotes: 0

Falkenfighter
Falkenfighter

Reputation: 588

You are indeed correct you can not use the ends-with function if you do not have access to the Xpath 2.0 library. But you do have access to all the Xpath 1.0 functions. http://www.edankert.com/xpathfunctions.html

You have two functions you can use to xpath to your element.

contains(): //*[contains(@id, 'name')]

substring(): //*[substring(@id, string-length(@id)-3)="name"] The 3 in string-length is the number of characters of your locator minus 1. ie 'name' has 4 characters so 4 - 1 = 3

Good Luck!

Upvotes: 3

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