How to retrieve specific text from a tag without using contains() and xpath?

Question

<div>
    <label1>Hulk</label1>
    <label2>Ironman</label2>
Thor
</div>

How do I get only Thor text without using contains in xpath ?

If I try getting text of div it would give me all the 3 (Hulk, Ironman, Thor) but I want only Thor.

Answer 1

To extract the text Thor without using contains in xpath you can use either of the following solutions:

• xpath:

  String myText = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[not(@label)]")).getText();
  

• cssSelector:

  String myText = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div:not(label)")).getText();
  

• Using JavaScriptExecutor

  WebElement myElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@attribute='value']")); //replace the pseudo attribute with actual attribute
  String myText = ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript('return arguments[0].lastChild.textContent;', myElement).toString();
  

Note: Ensure that xpath as //div[not(@label)] and cssSelector as div:not(label) resembles to a unique element on the HTML DOM.

Answer 2

Could you please try the below mentioned path ?

/div/text()