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Pradeep Mishra
Pradeep Mishra

Reputation: 167

How can we extract particular elements value by using xpath when element value is different for each element

How can we extract ABC, XYZ by using xpath

<div id="desc" class="description">

    <span class="category">Name:</span> <span class="category-detail"><a href="/name/">Name</a></span>
    <br/>
    <span class="category">Address:</span> <span class="category-detail">ABC, XYZ</span>
    <br/>
    <span class="category">Room No:</span> <span class="category-detail">20</span>
    <br/>

I tried with 

 response.xpath('//div[span="Address:"]/span/text()').extract()

but then I get [Name, ABC,XYZ, 20] but i require only ABC, XYZ.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 436

Answers (2)

Sudha Velan
Sudha Velan

Reputation: 633

//div[@id="desc"]//span[text()='Address:']//following::span[1]/text()

Use this xpath instead.

or

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
    driver.get("file:///C:/Users/sv/Desktop/docUpload.html");
    List<WebElement> spanList = driver.findElements(By.xpath(".//div[@id='desc']/span"));
    for (int i =0 ;i < spanList.size();i++){
        String text = spanList.get(i).getText();
        if(text.equals("ABC, XYZ")){
            System.out.println(text);
        }
    }

You can loop through the element lists.

Upvotes: 0

Andersson
Andersson

Reputation: 52665

Try to use below XPath to get required output:

//div[@id="desc"]/span[.="Address:"]/following-sibling::span[1]/text()

Upvotes: 1

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