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How to use xpath method of Capybara Package

Best Capybara code snippet using Capybara.xpath

find_spec.rb

Source:find_spec.rb

...83        expect(e.message).not_to match(/you may be passing a CSS selector or XPath expression/)84      end85    end86  end87  context 'with xpath selectors' do88    it 'should find the first element using the given locator' do89      expect(@session.find(:xpath, '//h1').text).to eq('This is a test')90      expect(@session.find(:xpath, "//input[@id='test_field']").value).to eq('monkey')91    end92    it 'should warn if passed a non-valid locator type' do93      expect_any_instance_of(Kernel).to receive(:warn).with(/must respond to to_xpath or be an instance of String/)94      expect { @session.find(:xpath, 123) }.to raise_error # rubocop:disable RSpec/UnspecifiedException95    end96  end97  context 'with custom selector' do98    it 'should use the custom selector' do99      Capybara.add_selector(:beatle) do100        xpath { |name| ".//*[@id='#{name}']" }101      end102      expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'john').text).to eq('John')103      expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'paul').text).to eq('Paul')104    end105  end106  context 'with custom selector with custom `match` block' do107    it 'should use the custom selector when locator matches the block' do108      Capybara.add_selector(:beatle) do109        xpath { |num| ".//*[contains(@class, 'beatle')][#{num}]" }110        match { |value| value.is_a?(Integer) }111      end112      expect(@session.find(:beatle, '2').text).to eq('Paul')113      expect(@session.find(1).text).to eq('John')114      expect(@session.find(2).text).to eq('Paul')115      expect(@session.find('//h1').text).to eq('This is a test')116    end117  end118  context 'with custom selector with custom filter' do119    before do120      Capybara.add_selector(:beatle) do121        xpath { |name| ".//li[contains(@class, 'beatle')][contains(text(), '#{name}')]" }122        node_filter(:type) { |node, type| node[:class].split(/\s+/).include?(type) }123        node_filter(:fail) { |_node, _val| raise Capybara::ElementNotFound, 'fail' }124      end125    end126    it 'should find elements that match the filter' do127      expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Paul', type: 'drummer').text).to eq('Paul')128      expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Ringo', type: 'drummer').text).to eq('Ringo')129    end130    it 'ignores filter when it is not given' do131      expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Paul').text).to eq('Paul')132      expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'John').text).to eq('John')133    end134    it "should not find elements that don't match the filter" do135      expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'John', type: 'drummer') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)136      expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'George', type: 'drummer') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)137    end138    it 'should not raise an ElementNotFound error from in a filter' do139      expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'John', fail: 'something') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound, /beatle "John"/)140    end141  end142  context 'with custom selector with custom filter and default' do143    before do144      Capybara.add_selector(:beatle) do145        xpath { |name| ".//li[contains(@class, 'beatle')][contains(text(), '#{name}')]" }146        node_filter(:type, default: 'drummer') { |node, type| node[:class].split(/\s+/).include?(type) }147      end148    end149    it 'should find elements that match the filter' do150      expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Paul', type: 'drummer').text).to eq('Paul')151      expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Ringo', type: 'drummer').text).to eq('Ringo')152    end153    it 'should use default value when filter is not given' do154      expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Paul').text).to eq('Paul')155      expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'John') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)156    end157    it "should not find elements that don't match the filter" do158      expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'John', type: 'drummer') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)159      expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'George', type: 'drummer') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)160    end161  end162  context 'with alternate filter set' do163    before do164      Capybara::Selector::FilterSet.add(:value) do165        node_filter(:with) { |node, with| node.value == with.to_s }166      end167      Capybara.add_selector(:id_with_field_filters) do168        xpath { |id| XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:id) == id.to_s] }169        filter_set(:field)170      end171    end172    it 'should allow use of filters from custom filter set' do173      expect(@session.find(:id, 'test_field', filter_set: :value, with: 'monkey').value).to eq('monkey')174      expect { @session.find(:id, 'test_field', filter_set: :value, with: 'not_monkey') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)175    end176    it 'should allow use of filter set from a different selector' do177      expect(@session.find(:id, 'test_field', filter_set: :field, with: 'monkey').value).to eq('monkey')178      expect { @session.find(:id, 'test_field', filter_set: :field, with: 'not_monkey') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)179    end180    it 'should allow importing of filter set into selector' do181      expect(@session.find(:id_with_field_filters, 'test_field', with: 'monkey').value).to eq('monkey')182      expect { @session.find(:id_with_field_filters, 'test_field', with: 'not_monkey') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)183    end184  end185  context 'with css as default selector' do186    before { Capybara.default_selector = :css }187    after { Capybara.default_selector = :xpath }188    it 'should find the first element using the given locator' do189      expect(@session.find('h1').text).to eq('This is a test')190      expect(@session.find("input[id='test_field']").value).to eq('monkey')191    end192  end193  it 'should raise ElementNotFound with a useful default message if nothing was found' do194    expect do195      @session.find(:xpath, '//div[@id="nosuchthing"]').to be_nil196    end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound, 'Unable to find xpath "//div[@id=\\"nosuchthing\\"]"')197  end198  it 'should accept an XPath instance' do199    @session.visit('/form')200    @xpath = Capybara::Selector[:fillable_field].call('First Name')201    expect(@xpath).to be_a(::XPath::Union)202    expect(@session.find(@xpath).value).to eq('John')203  end204  context 'with :exact option' do205    it 'matches exactly when true' do206      expect(@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('test_field')], exact: true).value).to eq('monkey')207      expect do208        @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('est_fiel')], exact: true)209      end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)210    end211    it 'matches loosely when false' do212      expect(@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('test_field')], exact: false).value).to eq('monkey')213      expect(@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('est_fiel')], exact: false).value).to eq('monkey')214    end215    it 'defaults to `Capybara.exact`' do216      Capybara.exact = true217      expect do218        @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('est_fiel')])219      end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)220      Capybara.exact = false221      @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('est_fiel')])222    end223    it 'warns when the option has no effect' do224      expect_any_instance_of(Kernel).to receive(:warn)225        .with('The :exact option only has an effect on queries using the XPath#is method. Using it with the query "#test_field" has no effect.')226      @session.find(:css, '#test_field', exact: true)227    end228  end229  context 'with :match option' do230    context 'when set to `one`' do231      it 'raises an error when multiple matches exist' do232        expect do233          @session.find(:css, '.multiple', match: :one)234        end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)235      end236      it 'raises an error even if there the match is exact and the others are inexact' do237        expect do238          @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], exact: false, match: :one)239        end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)240      end241      it 'returns the element if there is only one' do242        expect(@session.find(:css, '.singular', match: :one).text).to eq('singular')243      end244      it 'raises an error if there is no match' do245        expect do246          @session.find(:css, '.does-not-exist', match: :one)247        end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)248      end249    end250    context 'when set to `first`' do251      it 'returns the first matched element' do252        expect(@session.find(:css, '.multiple', match: :first).text).to eq('multiple one')253      end254      it 'raises an error if there is no match' do255        expect do256          @session.find(:css, '.does-not-exist', match: :first)257        end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)258      end259    end260    context 'when set to `smart`' do261      context 'and `exact` set to `false`' do262        it 'raises an error when there are multiple exact matches' do263          expect do264            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('multiple')], match: :smart, exact: false)265          end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)266        end267        it 'finds a single exact match when there also are inexact matches' do268          result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], match: :smart, exact: false)269          expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular')270        end271        it 'raises an error when there are multiple inexact matches' do272          expect do273            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singul')], match: :smart, exact: false)274          end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)275        end276        it 'finds a single inexact match' do277          result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular but')], match: :smart, exact: false)278          expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular but not quite')279        end280        it 'raises an error if there is no match' do281          expect do282            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('does-not-exist')], match: :smart, exact: false)283          end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)284        end285      end286      context 'with `exact` set to `true`' do287        it 'raises an error when there are multiple exact matches' do288          expect do289            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('multiple')], match: :smart, exact: true)290          end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)291        end292        it 'finds a single exact match when there also are inexact matches' do293          result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], match: :smart, exact: true)294          expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular')295        end296        it 'raises an error when there are multiple inexact matches' do297          expect do298            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singul')], match: :smart, exact: true)299          end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)300        end301        it 'raises an error when there is a single inexact matches' do302          expect do303            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular but')], match: :smart, exact: true)304          end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)305        end306        it 'raises an error if there is no match' do307          expect do308            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('does-not-exist')], match: :smart, exact: true)309          end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)310        end311      end312    end313    context 'when set to `prefer_exact`' do314      context 'and `exact` set to `false`' do315        it 'picks the first one when there are multiple exact matches' do316          result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('multiple')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)317          expect(result.text).to eq('multiple one')318        end319        it 'finds a single exact match when there also are inexact matches' do320          result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)321          expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular')322        end323        it 'picks the first one when there are multiple inexact matches' do324          result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singul')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)325          expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular but not quite')326        end327        it 'finds a single inexact match' do328          result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular but')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)329          expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular but not quite')330        end331        it 'raises an error if there is no match' do332          expect do333            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('does-not-exist')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)334          end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)335        end336      end337      context 'with `exact` set to `true`' do338        it 'picks the first one when there are multiple exact matches' do339          result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('multiple')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)340          expect(result.text).to eq('multiple one')341        end342        it 'finds a single exact match when there also are inexact matches' do343          result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)344          expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular')345        end346        it 'raises an error if there are multiple inexact matches' do347          expect do348            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singul')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)349          end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)350        end351        it 'raises an error if there is a single inexact match' do352          expect do353            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular but')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)354          end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)355        end356        it 'raises an error if there is no match' do357          expect do358            @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('does-not-exist')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)359          end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)360        end361      end362    end363    it 'defaults to `Capybara.match`' do364      Capybara.match = :one365      expect do366        @session.find(:css, '.multiple')367      end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)368      Capybara.match = :first369      expect(@session.find(:css, '.multiple').text).to eq('multiple one')370    end371    it 'raises an error when unknown option given' do372      expect do373        @session.find(:css, '.singular', match: :schmoo)374      end.to raise_error(ArgumentError)375    end376  end377  it 'supports a custom filter block' do378    expect(@session.find(:css, 'input', &:disabled?)[:name]).to eq('disabled_text')379  end380  context 'within a scope' do381    before do382      @session.visit('/with_scope')383    end384    it 'should find the an element using the given locator' do385      @session.within(:xpath, "//div[@id='for_bar']") do386        expect(@session.find('.//li[1]').text).to match(/With Simple HTML/)387      end388    end389    it 'should support pseudo selectors' do390      @session.within(:xpath, "//div[@id='for_bar']") do391        expect(@session.find(:css, 'input:disabled').value).to eq('James')392      end393    end394  end395  it 'should raise if selector type is unknown' do396    expect do397      @session.find(:unknown, '//h1')398    end.to raise_error(ArgumentError)399  end400  context 'with Capybara.test_id' do401    it 'should not match on it when nil' do402      Capybara.test_id = nil403      expect(@session).not_to have_field('test_id')404    end...

xpath

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1    visit('/')2    all(:xpath, '//h3/a').map(&:text)3    visit('/')4    all(:css, 'h3.r a').map(&:text)5    visit('/')6    all(:css, 'h3.r a').map(&:text)

xpath

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1    def xpath(*args)2      find(:xpath, *args)3xpath('//input[@name="q"]')4    def xpath(*args)5      find(:xpath, *args)6xpath('//input[@name="q"]')7xpath('//input[@name="q"]')

xpath

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1visit('/')2fill_in('q', :with => 'ruby')3click_button('btnG')4Capybara.current_session.driver.browser.save_screenshot("google.png")5puts page.xpath('//h3/a')6puts page.xpath('//h3/a').text7puts page.xpath('//h3/a').first.text8puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last.text9puts page.xpath('//h3/a').count10puts page.xpath('//h3/a').first['href']11puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href']12puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href'].class13puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href'].split('/')14puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href'].split('/').last15puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href'].split('/').last.class16puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href'].split('/').last.split('?')17puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href'].split('/').last.split('?').first18puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href'].split('/').last.split('?').first.class19puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href'].split('/').last.split('?').first.split('.')20puts page.xpath('//h3/a').last['href'].split('/').last.split('?').first.split('.').last21puts page.xpath('//

xpath

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1page.save_screenshot('google.png', :full => true)2page.save_page('google.html')3page.xpath('//input').each do |input|4doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open('google.html'))5doc.xpath('//input').each do |input|6page.xpath('//input').each do |input|7doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open('google.html'))8doc.xpath('//input').each do |input|9page.xpath('//input').each do |input|10doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open('google.html'))11doc.xpath('//input').each do |input|12page.xpath('//input').each do |input|13doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open('google.html'))14doc.xpath('//input').each do |input|15page.xpath('//input').each do |input|16doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open('google.html'))17doc.xpath('//input').each do |input|18page.xpath('//input').each do |input|19doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open('google.html'))20doc.xpath('//input').each do |input|21page.xpath('//input').each do |input|

xpath

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1page.find(:xpath, '//div[@id="my_div"]')2page.find(:xpath, '//div[@id="my_div"]')3page.find('div', :id => 'my_div')4page.find('div', :id => 'my_div', :class => 'my_class')5page.find(:css, 'div.my_class', :id => 'my_div')6page.find(:css, 'div.my_class', :id => 'my_div', :class => 'my_class')7page.find(:css, 'div.my_class', :id => 'my_div', :class => 'my_class', :name => 'my_name')8page.find(:css, 'div.my_class', :id => 'my_div', :class => 'my_class', :name => 'my_name', :text => 'my_text')

xpath

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1    find(:xpath, "//input[@name='q']").set("Hello World")2doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open('google.html'))3doc.xpath('//input').each do |input|4page.xpath('//input').each do |input|5doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open('google.html'))6doc.xpath('//input').each do |input|7page.xpath('//input').each do |input|

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