Python Selenium - How do I check if we have an item with this on HTML?

Question

I need to check if we something with on the page as a trigger:

data-id="false_5511971198499@c.us_DBC6E6D07C76B179C26A40D689B2AEB2"

But, I need to check only "data-id="false_" because the rest could be anything.

I tried to create:

element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("[data-id='False']")

But didn't worked. And I don't know how to continue like if there is this element we need to print(ok).

Could you help me?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Try this

//*[starts-with(@data_id,'false_')]

Answer 2

It's a dynamic element so you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using XPATH:

  WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//*[starts-with(@data-id, 'false_')]")))
  

• Using CSS_SELECTOR:

  WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "[data-id^='false_']")))
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC