Absolute vs relative XPath in Selenium Python - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to find an element using an absolute XPath.

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '[1]')

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A//div[@id='main']

B/html/body/div[1]/header/nav

C//*[@class='button']

D//input[@name='search']

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Common Mistakes

Using relative XPath when absolute is required

Starting XPath with '//' for absolute path

The absolute XPath starts from the root /html and goes down the full path.

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medium

Complete the code to find an element using a relative XPath.

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '[1]')

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A//div[@class='content']

B/html/body/div[2]/section

C/html/body/footer

D/html/head/title

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using absolute XPath when relative is expected

Missing the double slashes at the start

The relative XPath starts with '//' and finds elements anywhere in the document matching the condition.

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hard

Fix the error in the XPath expression to select a button with class 'submit'.

Selenium Python

button = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '[1]')

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A/button[@class='submit']

B//button[class='submit']

Cbutton[@class='submit']

D//button[@class='submit']

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Omitting '@' before attribute name

Using single slash for relative XPath

The correct XPath uses '@' to specify an attribute: //button[@class='submit'].

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a relative XPath that selects all <li> elements inside a <ul> with id 'menu'.

Selenium Python

items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '[1]/li[2]')

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A[contains(@class, 'item')]

B//div[@id='menu']

C//ul[@id='menu']

D[1]

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong tag name in XPath

Adding unnecessary predicates

The XPath //ul[@id='menu']/li selects all <li> children of the <ul> with id 'menu'. The second blank is empty because no extra predicate is needed.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a relative XPath that selects the first <input> element with type 'text' inside a form with class 'login'.

Selenium Python

input_element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '[1][2][3]')

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A//form[contains(@class, 'login')]//input

B[@type='text']

C[1]

D//div[@class='login']//input

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong tag or attribute

Missing the index to select the first element

The XPath //form[contains(@class, 'login')]//input[@type='text'][1] selects the first <input> with type 'text' inside the form with class 'login'.