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Potter Chen
Potter Chen

Reputation: 3

How can I find the randomly Xpath using Selenium?

I am a newer in Selenium and use python to build it. Recently, I found a question which want to ask someone who can help me to figure it. The question is the Xpath I want to get is randomly, for example:

'//*[@id="wiki-edit-wikiEdit26"]/div/div/div/div[2]/a[1]'

'//*[@id="wiki-edit-wikiEdit27"]/div/div/div/div[2]/a[1]'

'//*[@id="wiki-edit-wikiEdit28"]/div/div/div/div[2]/a[1]'

These three xpath are used on the same button, but the number after wikiEdit will be changed every time. Therefore, are there any way which can help me to run my script more smoothly? Thank you very much!

Here is my python code: 

broswer.find.element_by_xpath('//*[@id="wiki-edit-wikiEdit26"]/div/div/div/div[2]/a[1]') .click()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1003

Answers (3)

Raghav Patnecha
Raghav Patnecha

Reputation: 736

You can use starts-with or contains

broswer.find.element_by_xpath("//*[contains(@id,'wiki-edit-wikiEdit')]/div/div/div/div[2]/a[1]").click()

Also, using such long xpath's is not recommended. Use css-selectors over xpath.

Upvotes: 0

Prakash Palnati
Prakash Palnati

Reputation: 3409

You can use matches in xpath to do this,

broswer.find.element_by_xpath("//*[matches(@id, '^(wiki-edit-wikiEdit)[0-9]')]/div/div/div/div[2]/a[1]") .click()

so basically that matches the id anything starting wiki-edit-wikiEdit followed by numbers form [0-9]

Upvotes: 1

Trevor K
Trevor K

Reputation: 125

You just need to format your string..

import random
# Random range 1 - 100
x = random.randint(1,100)

broswer.find.element_by_xpath(f'//*[@id="wiki-edit-wikiEdit{x}"]/div/div/div/div[2]/a[1]') .click()

Upvotes: 0

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