Selenium Python - Using XPATH with Or operator

Question

I'm having an issue with using XPATH with the Or operator. (Using Selenium in Python)

R = driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"//* [contains(text(),'Word1')]" or "//* [contains(text(),'Word2')]")

Currently the code is only looking for Word1 and not Word2. Would like for it search for Word1 and if Word1 doesn't exist, look for Word 2.

I would appreciate any feedback.

Your "or" operator as written is part of your Python code, not part of the XPath expression, because it's outside the double-quotes. — Michael Kay, Aug 21 '22 at 10:43

kjhughes · Answer 1 · 2022-08-20T18:28:29.400

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This XPath,

//*[text()[contains(.,'Word1') or contains(.,'Word2')]

will select all elements that contain an immediate text node that contains the substring 'Word1' or the substring 'Word2'.

edited Aug 20 '22 at 18:28

answered Aug 20 '22 at 18:18

kjhughes

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '22 at 18:17

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A much simpler expression would be:

R = driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"//*[contains(., 'Word1') or contains(., 'Word2')]")

answered Aug 20 '22 at 18:17

Note that this will select all ancestor elements containing the targeted text as well. – kjhughes Aug 20 '22 at 18:28

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