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javaseleniumxpath
user9702907
user9702907

Reputation:

XPath structure not working

In my site, a field has the following XPath (strange for me at the first sight but well):

/html/body/aside/div/ul/li[2]/a/span

So I am using this way:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/aside/div/ul/li[2]/a/span]")).click();

But it's not working and the error message is:

The string '/html/body/aside/div/ul/li[2]/a/span]' is not a valid XPath expression.

Could you help me, please? Thank you :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 109

Answers (2)

Deb
Deb

Reputation: 2972

You had a ] in the end of your string. Remove this and it will work.

On a side not it is not necessary to write the /html/body/. You could shorter the XPath by using

driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//aside//div//ul//li[2]//a//span")).click();

Upvotes: 0

Anand
Anand

Reputation: 1939

Here you go:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/aside/div/ul/li[2]/a/span")).click();

Upvotes: 1

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