Suppose I get a list of elements on a webpage by class name, like so:

driver.find_elements_by_class_name("something")

How can I get the XPath of each element in that list?

Note: I am not trying to find elements using XPaths. I already have the elements from the code above. I just want the XPath of each of those elements I have already found.

CodePudding user response：

You can install XPath Finder extension for your browser and automatically generate the unique XPath for each element.

After that you can use the Function :

driver.find_element_by_xpath("XPath string") .

CodePudding user response：

driver.find_element_by_* and driver.find_elements_by_* are deprecated. Best way to use it is as @undetected-selenium wrote.

First import By class

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

You can then use it with multiple location strategies.

• XPath

  driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, "//*[@attribute='something']")
  

• CSS Selector

  driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "[attribute~=”value”]")
  

You should use this ones from now on since it's very common to get an error with the latest webdrivers saying find_element_by_* commands are deprecated

CodePudding user response：

WebElement identified through classname as something can also be identified using the following Locator Strategies:

• xpath:

  driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, "//*[@class='something']")
  

• css-selector:

  driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".something")
  

• Note: You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By