Get the value using xpath using Selenium C#

Question

I'm trying to get the NO value that is inside the specific fieldref

public GetValue()
{
    (ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath("//input[contains(@fieldref =‘LineInput][@value='No'])")));
    updateLink.Click();
    return this;
}

but is not working

html

<input type="radio" autocomplete="off" fieldref="LineInput " objectref="l458D8E8BB59D4B818C2BA3417435B730" id="f_l458D8E8BB59D4B818C2BA3417435B730B7F_4_1_1" name="string_BF" class=" x-form-radio x-form-field" value="No">

you're missing a single quote after the word LineInput. Also, you might want to delete that single quote and type it in again (copy paste different character) — Jawad, Jan 09 '20 at 15:45
I try this and still doesn't work for me (ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath("//input[contains(@fieldref ='LineInput')][@value='No']"))); I'm not sure what I'm missing I get this error invalided selector syntaxError SyntaxError: Failed to execute 'evaluate' on 'Document': The string '/ is not a valid XPath expression. (Session info: chrome=79.0.3945.117) — Mayi007, Jan 09 '20 at 16:15
Are you trying to return the value attribute of the INPUT element you posted? Your method is called `GetValue()` but it's not returning anything and all you do is execute a click in the method. What are you actually trying to do? — JeffC, Jan 10 '20 at 05:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '20 at 17:13

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I think you have an error in your xpath expression in the way you use contains(); try changing it to:

//input[contains(@fieldref, 'LineInput')][@value='No']

or, alternatively:

//input[normalize-space(@fieldref)='LineInput'][@value='No']

answered Jan 09 '20 at 17:13

Jack Fleeting

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '20 at 21:46

To click() on the element with value as No as the desired element is a dynamic element so you have to induce WebDriverWait for the desired ElementToBeClickable and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies as solutions:

CssSelector:

new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.CssSelector("input.x-form-radio.x-form-field[name='string_BF'][value='No']"))).Click();

XPath:

new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath("//input[@class=' x-form-radio x-form-field' and @name='string_BF'][@fieldref='LineInput ' and @value='No']"))).Click();

Get the value using xpath using Selenium C#

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