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user1947236
user1947236

Reputation: 673

Get Xpath (or element) when page has randomly generated ID's HTML Unit

so I am using HTML Unit to click an item on a webpage. I usually use Xpath to select my items, but this page gives every element a randomly generated ID and class. I usually use Google Chrome to get the Xpath of elements, but it gives me something like this: //*[@id=":og"] where :og is the randomly generated ID. I know that sometimes chrome gives me Xpath without any ID's or Classes, like this: /html/body/table/tbody/tr[2]/td/table/tbody/tr[3]/td/form/table[2]/tbody/tr/td/input[2] Is it possable to get an Xpath that does not rely on IDs or Classes in a case like this? Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 418

Answers (1)

Farlan
Farlan

Reputation: 1900

In order to construct shorter xpaths or alternative ones based on tags only you can use plugins that will let you do just that. Particularly I favor the Selenium IDE in firefox, but in Chrome you can use things like Xpath Helper. There are others you can explore by searching the chrome web store.

Upvotes: 1

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