Getting the middle column value with the other two column values using xpath in web table

Question

<tr>
    <td>Alfreds Futterkiste</td>
    <td>Maria Anders</td>
    <td>Germany</td>
  </tr>

[https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp]

you can find the sample web table in the link. I want contact value with the company and country.

I have tried something like this

//td[text()='Laughing Bacchus Winecellars']//following-sibling::td and //td[text()='Canada']//preceding-sibling::td

Answer 1

To extract the middle column value i.e. Maria Anders you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibilityOfElementLocated() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using the Company text Alfreds Futterkiste:

  • xpath:

    //table[@id='customers']//tr//td[text()='Alfreds Futterkiste']//following::td[1]
    

  • Line of code:

    System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//table[@id='customers']//tr//td[text()='Alfreds Futterkiste']//following::td[1]"))).getText());
    

• Using the Country text Germany:

  • xpath:

    //table[@id='customers']//tr//td[text()='Germany']//preceding::td[1]
    

  • Line of code:

    System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//table[@id='customers']//tr//td[text()='Germany']//preceding::td[1]"))).getText());
    

Answer 2

You can loop trough the <tr> and use //tr/td[2] to select the second <td>.

http://xpather.com/aHyybZni

Answer 3

Try this one to select required td node:

//td[preceding-sibling::td[.="Alfreds Futterkiste"] and following-sibling::td[.="Germany"]]

Answer 4

Try following xpath:

//td[preceding-sibling::td[text()='Laughing Bacchus Winecellars'] and following-sibling::td[text()='Canada']]