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user623879
user623879

Reputation: 4142

C# htmlagilitypack XPath Help

I have this xpath expression that does not work

"//div[child[0]::h4[text()[contains(.,'Dir')]]]/a"

To parse this html:

<div class="txt"> 
      <h4 class="c1"> 
        Dir
      </h4> 
    <a  href="/name/myname/">Bob</a>
</div>

I am trying to get at the link node (a). There are other html tags in the document with the same div/h4 hierarchy, with the only difference being the innertext of the h4 tag. So how do I check that the div class (1) has a sub h4 node with inner text "dir" AND (2) get the first link node (a). Do not assume the link is the next sibling of h4.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1836

Answers (2)

Emiliano Poggi
Emiliano Poggi

Reputation: 24826

How do I check that the div class (1) has a sub h4 node with inner text "dir" AND (2) get the first link node (a)

use:

"//div[@class='txt' and h4[contains(.,'Dir')]]/a[1]"

Upvotes: 1

Jeff Mercado
Jeff Mercado

Reputation: 134841

Couldn't you just use this xpath?

"//div[h4[contains(text(),'Dir')]]/a"

child[0] is not a valid axis AFAIK so it fails.

I don't know if this alone would satisfy your conditions without seeing a more complete example HTML. But this certainly works for this one.

If it's possible that there are multiple h4 elements within the div and you only want to check the first:

"//div[h4[1][contains(text(),'Dir')]]/a"

Upvotes: 2

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