get value by Xpath

Question

I'm trying to retrieve a value out of my html by Xpath. For what it's worth, this is a CRM web tool(Microsoft's), and it looks like a dinamic iFrame which changes according to the link selected on its bar(Customers,Appeals etc...)

<tbody><tr class="ms-crm-List-Row" oid="{665A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" otype="10046" otypename="new_contact_content">
   <td class="ms-crm-List-NonDataCell" align="center"><input type="checkbox" class="ms-crm-RowCheckBox" id="checkBox_{665A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" tabindex="0" title="A1" style=" "></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"><a href="#" id="gridBodyTable_primaryField_{665A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}_0" target="_self" title="A1" class="ms-crm-List-Link" tabindex="0">A1</a></nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding ms-crm-NumbersAndDates"><nobr class="gridcellpadding">02/08/2016 12:50</nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"></nobr></td>
  </tr><tr class="ms-crm-List-Row" oid="{675A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" otype="10046" otypename="new_contact_content">
   <td class="ms-crm-List-NonDataCell" align="center"><input type="checkbox" class="ms-crm-RowCheckBox" id="checkBox_{675A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" tabindex="0" title="A1.2" style=" "></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"><a href="#" id="gridBodyTable_primaryField_{675A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}_1" target="_self" title="A1.2" class="ms-crm-List-Link" tabindex="0">A2</a></nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding ms-crm-NumbersAndDates"><nobr class="gridcellpadding">02/08/2016 12:50</nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"></nobr></td>
  </tr><tr class="ms-crm-List-Row" oid="{6B5A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" otype="10046" otypename="new_contact_content">
   <td class="ms-crm-List-NonDataCell" align="center"><input type="checkbox" class="ms-crm-RowCheckBox" id="checkBox_{6B5A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" tabindex="0" title="A5" style=" "></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"><a href="#" id="gridBodyTable_primaryField_{6B5A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}_2" target="_self" title="A5" class="ms-crm-List-Link" tabindex="0">A5</a></nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding ms-crm-NumbersAndDates"><nobr class="gridcellpadding">02/08/2016 12:50</nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"></nobr></td>
  </tr><tr class="ms-crm-List-Row" oid="{6C5A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" otype="10046" otypename="new_contact_content">
   <td class="ms-crm-List-NonDataCell" align="center"><input type="checkbox" class="ms-crm-RowCheckBox" id="checkBox_{6C5A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" tabindex="0" title="A6" style=" "></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"><a href="#" id="gridBodyTable_primaryField_{6C5A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}_3" target="_self" title="A6" class="ms-crm-List-Link" tabindex="0">A6</a></nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding ms-crm-NumbersAndDates"><nobr class="gridcellpadding">02/08/2016 12:50</nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"></nobr></td>
  </tr><tr class="ms-crm-List-Row" oid="{6D5A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" otype="10046" otypename="new_contact_content">
   <td class="ms-crm-List-NonDataCell" align="center"><input type="checkbox" class="ms-crm-RowCheckBox" id="checkBox_{6D5A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}" tabindex="0" title="A9" style=" "></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"><a href="#" id="gridBodyTable_primaryField_{6D5A4B9C-9658-E611-922C-441EA1745BC2}_4" target="_self" title="A9" class="ms-crm-List-Link" tabindex="0">A9</a></nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding ms-crm-NumbersAndDates"><nobr class="gridcellpadding">02/08/2016 12:50</nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"></nobr></td>
  </tr></tbody>

I'm using :

var nobrValues = _webdriverIE.FindElements(By.XPath("//nobr[@class='gridcellpadding']"));

but the result is 0. meaning no objects found. I also tried:

var _tableOfInterestsCount = _webdriverIE.FindElements(By.XPath("//table[@id='gridBodyTable']/tbody/tr[1]/td"));
        var nobrvalues = var nobrValues = _tableOfInterestsCount.FindElements(By.XPath("//nobr[@class='gridcellpadding']"));

but again, no nobr's found(Count is 0). basically, I would like to get one(or all of them) of the following values out of my html : A1,A1.2,A5,A6,A9.

the table in HTML

<table class="ms-crm-List-Data" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" rules="rows" morerecords="0" totalrecordcount="3" allrecordscounted="1" oname="10046" numrecords="3" tabindex="0" primaryfieldname="new_name" summary="foo" border="1" id="gridBodyTable" style="border-style:None;border-collapse:collapse;">
  <colgroup><col width="18px" class="ms-crm-List-CheckBoxColumn"><col width="302" name="new_name" class="ms-crm-List-DataColumn ms-crm-List-SortedColumn"><col width="127" name="createdon" class="ms-crm-List-DataColumn"><col></colgroup><thead><tr class="ms-crm-Hidden-List"><th scope="col" class="ms-crm-Hidden-List"></th><th scope="col" class="ms-crm-Hidden-List">שם</th><th scope="col" class="ms-crm-Hidden-List">created at</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="ms-crm-List-Row" oid="{5843AB8E-39F7-E611-BE37-00155D47B163}" otype="10046" otypename="new_contact_content" selected="false">
   <td class="ms-crm-List-NonDataCell" align="center"><input type="checkbox" class="ms-crm-RowCheckBox" id="checkBox_{5843AB8E-39F7-E611-BE37-00155D47B163}" tabindex="0" title="1" style=" "></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding"><nobr class="gridcellpadding" title="name1"><a href="#" id="gridBodyTable_primaryField_{5843AB8E-39F7-E611-BE37-00155D47B163}_0" target="_self" title="name 1" class="ms-crm-List-Link" tabindex="0">A1</a></nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding ms-crm-NumbersAndDates"><nobr class="gridcellpadding" title="20/02/2017 08:55">20/02/2017 08:55</nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"></nobr></td>
  </tr><tr class="ms-crm-List-Row" oid="{5943AB8E-39F7-E611-BE37-00155D47B163}" otype="10046" otypename="new_contact_content" selected="false">
   <td class="ms-crm-List-NonDataCell" align="center"><input type="checkbox" class="ms-crm-RowCheckBox" id="checkBox_{5943AB8E-39F7-E611-BE37-00155D47B163}" tabindex="0" title="3" style=" "></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding"><nobr class="gridcellpadding" title="A5"><a href="#" id="gridBodyTable_primaryField_{5943AB8E-39F7-E611-BE37-00155D47B163}_1" target="_self" title="3" class="ms-crm-List-Link" tabindex="0">3</a></nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding ms-crm-NumbersAndDates"><nobr class="gridcellpadding" title="20/02/2017 08:55">20/02/2017 08:55</nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"></nobr></td>
  </tr><tr class="ms-crm-List-Row" oid="{5A43AB8E-39F7-E611-BE37-00155D47B163}" otype="10046" otypename="new_contact_content" selected="false">
   <td class="ms-crm-List-NonDataCell" align="center"><input type="checkbox" class="ms-crm-RowCheckBox" id="checkBox_{5A43AB8E-39F7-E611-BE37-00155D47B163}" tabindex="0" title="9" style=" "></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding"><nobr class="gridcellpadding" title="9"><a href="#" id="gridBodyTable_primaryField_{5A43AB8E-39F7-E611-BE37-00155D47B163}_2" target="_self" title="9" class="ms-crm-List-Link" tabindex="0">9</a></nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell inner-grid-cellPadding ms-crm-NumbersAndDates"><nobr class="gridcellpadding">20/02/2017 08:55</nobr></td><td class="ms-crm-List-DataCell"><nobr class="gridcellpadding"></nobr></td>
  </tr></tbody>
 </table>

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '17 at 11:59

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Try the following XPATH for the 1st element (A1):

 var nobrValues = _webdriverIE.FindElement(By.XPath("//tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/nobr/a"));

Or

If you already know the text i.e., A1 (static content)

var nobrValues = _webdriverIE.FindElement(By.XPath("//nobr/a[text()='A1']"));

For A2:

var nobrValues = _webdriverIE.FindElement(By.XPath("//tbody/tr[2]/td[2]/nobr/a"));

Or

If you already know the text i.e., A2 (static content)

var nobrValues = _webdriverIE.FindElement(By.XPath("//nobr/a[text()='A2']"));

Please share table HTML code, so that we can make XPATH more specific.

answered Feb 23 '17 at 11:59

Naveen Kumar R B

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Thanks for the detailed answer. none of your options succeed.I'm getting an exception for the options which are not static content. I'm getting the feeling that I'm not on the correct page. on the other hand, I can recognize that there are 2 tr's(meaning two rows) , but can't get the values in it. BTW, It's a CRM (Microsoft's web tool). – JumpIntoTheWater Feb 23 '17 at 12:12
could you post the exception trace? Also, check whether the table is inside a frame. If yes, you can look my answer here for more details related to switching b/w frames http://stackoverflow.com/a/40759300/2575259 – Naveen Kumar R B Feb 23 '17 at 12:41

Jainish Kapadia · Answer 2 · 2017-02-23T12:34:23.390

Try these below xpath.

To Get the value of A1

Explanation: Here your element is inside the table. so, start xpath with tr tag, then move ahead with td tag and nobr tag. Use class attribute of nobr tag and move ahead with a tag with text method.

//tr/td/nobr[@class='gridcellpadding']/a[contains(text(), 'A1')]

To Get the value of 3

//tr/td/nobr[@class='gridcellpadding']/a[contains(text(), '3')]

To Get the value of 9

//tr/td/nobr[@class='gridcellpadding']/a[contains(text(), '9')]

get value by Xpath

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