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Samrat Sahoo
Samrat Sahoo

Reputation: 575

Clicking a Dynamically Changing ID Element with Selenium

I have this piece of HTML code:

<li class="ui-menu-item" id="ui-id-12" tabindex="-1"><a>2</a></li>
<a>2</a>
</li>

The id "ui-id-12" is dynamically changing with the number being the part that is changed so I was wondering how I would go about finding this element using Selenium & XPaths. I was considering finding the element using the content within the anchor element tags but was not sure if this was smart so I have come here instead to ask what would be the best option.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1487

Answers (1)

undetected Selenium
undetected Selenium

Reputation: 193108

The value of the id attribute of the <li> element i.e. ui-id-12 is dynamic. So to find the element you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

  • Using css_selector:

    element = driver.find_element_by_css_selector("li.ui-menu-item[id^='ui-id-']")

  • Using xpath:

    element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//li[starts-with(@id, 'ui-id-') and @class='ui-menu-item']")

Upvotes: 2

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