Xpath in Selenium

Implementation of Xpath in Selenium

It is to identify the elements with tag names

It is of two types

1)relative x path

2) Absolute x path

1) Relative x path:-

we can identify the elements with the help of parent tag and with unique attributes.

In attributes we can provide multiple also to identify the element.

Ex:-//input [@id=’id’]

ath=input[@id=’f-id’]

//input [@id=’f-id’ and @name=’name’]

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2) Absolute xpath:---

By using relative xpath if we are unable identify the element then we can go absolute path

It will identify the element with the complete hierarchal xml path of the element.

we can take the absolute xpath from the tool fire path .It is an add on for firebug.

Firefoxfirebugfirepath

Launch Firefox and open below url

Go to the above path click on “add to Firefox”

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How to capture xpath:-

Right click on the element click on inspect else with firebug and then click on the tagitive element and then click on inspect in fire path

By default it generates relative x path

To got the absolute xpath àclick on arrow mark at fire pathàselect general xpath

Done fire bug and capture the xpath again to get the absolute xpath

Note:-xpath should always starts with “//”(or)”xpath=”

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DOM(document object model):-

This approach is derived from java script

It will identify the elements based on the form name.

Syntax:-

Selenium.type(“document.formignaiverity.f-id”,”jaridselenim”);

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