xpath in selenium
How many types of xpath are there?
- Two types of xpath
-> What are the two types?
- Absolute and Relative xpath
#1- Absolute xpath:
- starts with /
- Starts from the very beginning of the html page,
and goes down to desired web element 1 by 1.
- it is NOT dependable at all.
- easly brakes if there is any minimal changes
in the structure of the HTML page.
#2- Relative xpath:
- starts with //
- // means you can start from anywhere in the HTML code
- it will jump to the first matching value and return it
- There are MANY different options to use relative xpath
Commmon xpaths:
#1- //tagName[@attribute='value']
#2- //*[@attribute='value'] --> * means look for all web elements
#3- //tagName[.='text'] --> returns the web element with given text.
-> instead of giving tag name if you pass * it return all the web elements
that contain given attribute and value regardless of the tag name.