How to use mutiple attributes (including a partial string match) with find_elements in Selenium for Python

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Currently I have this line of code which correctly selects this type of object on the webpage I'm trying to manipulate with Selenium:

pointsObj = driver.find_elements(By.CLASS_NAME,'treeImg')

What I need to do is add in a partial string match condition as well which looks in the section "CLGV (AHU-01_ahu_ChilledWtrVlvOutVolts)" in the line below.

<span class="treeImg v65point" style="cursor:pointer;">CLGV (AHU-01_ahu_ChilledWtrVlvOutVolts)</span>

I found online there's the ChainedBy option but I can't think of how to reference that text in the span. Do I need to use XPath? I tried that for a second but I couldn't think of how to parse it.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '22 at 22:26

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Refering both the CLASS_NAME and the innerText you can use either of the following locator strategies:

xpath using the classname treeImg and partial innerText:

pointsObj = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH,"//span[contains(@class, 'treeImg') and contains(., 'AHU-01_ahu_ChilledWtrVlvOutVolts')]")

xpath using all the classnames and entire innerText:

pointsObj = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH,"//span[@class='treeImg v65point' and text()='CLGV (AHU-01_ahu_ChilledWtrVlvOutVolts)']")

answered Apr 07 '22 at 22:26

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How would I modify it to be a partial string match instead of exact? This looks really close. – Tyler Moore Apr 07 '22 at 22:32
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Check the first option :) – undetected Selenium Apr 07 '22 at 22:33
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PERFECT. Thank you so much I've been banging my head against the on this for hours. Now last thing. This function I'm writing needs several loops matching a list of partial strings, could I do something like replace that XPATH string with an f' string containing my variable I'm using to loop over the list? – Tyler Moore Apr 07 '22 at 22:36
@TylerMoore Ofcoarse yes. – undetected Selenium Apr 07 '22 at 22:37

How to use mutiple attributes (including a partial string match) with find_elements in Selenium for Python

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