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 a 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 to identify the element then we can go the 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

http://addons.mozilla.org/en.us/firefox/addon/firepath/

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 the fire path

By default, it generates relative x path

To get the absolute XPath àclick on arrow mark at fire pathàselect general XPath

Done firebug and capture the xpath again to get the absolute XPath

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

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DOM(document  object model):-

This approach is derived from javascript

It will identify the elements based on the form name.

Syntax:-

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

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