HtmlUnit get element by class name containing string

Question

I want to find any elements in the HtmlPage that have a class that contains the word 'date'.

ie i want to match any of the following:

<div class = 'date'> August 13 2017 </div>
<span class = 'pubDate'> August 12 2017 </div>
<div class = 'datePublished'> August 10 2017 </div>

In order to match exactly 'date' I am using the following:

HtmlPage page;
List<HtmlDivision> date = page.getByXPath("//div[@class='date']");
System.out.println(date.get(0));

Which is working correctly.

However, how do I change this (or what else should I use ) in order to be able to match any element that has a class name that contains the word date (case insensitive) ?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '17 at 10:15

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Try below XPath to match all div elements with attribute class that contains "date":

//div[contains(@class, 'date')]

answered Aug 13 '17 at 10:15

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but I also want it to be case insensitive (to match 'pubDate' and the like) this does not work for those with uppercase 'date' – spark problems Aug 13 '17 at 10:34
In this case you can try `//div[matches(@class, 'date', 'i')]` or, if your tool doesn't support `matches()`, `//div[contains(@class, 'date') or contains(@class, 'Date')]` – Andersson Aug 13 '17 at 10:48
okay but how do I match any element ? not just div ? like any div or span or any element that has class containing date ? – spark problems Aug 13 '17 at 11:27
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`//*[matches(@class, 'date', 'i')]` – Andersson Aug 13 '17 at 11:56

HtmlUnit get element by class name containing string

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