XPath with text() in Selenium Python - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test opens a webpage, finds a button using XPath with the text() function, clicks it, and verifies the expected message appears.

Test Code - Selenium

Selenium Python

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
import unittest

class TestXPathText(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
        self.driver.get('https://example.com/buttonpage')

    def test_click_button_by_text(self):
        driver = self.driver
        # Wait until the button with exact text 'Click Me' is present
        button = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
            EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//button[text()='Click Me']"))
        )
        button.click()
        # Wait for the message element to appear
        message = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
            EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, 'message'))
        )
        self.assertEqual(message.text, 'Button clicked!')

    def tearDown(self):
        self.driver.quit()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

Execution Trace - 6 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and Chrome browser opens	Browser window is open and navigated to 'https://example.com/buttonpage'	-	PASS
2	Wait until button with text 'Click Me' is present using XPath //button[text()='Click Me']	Button with text 'Click Me' is visible on the page	Element located by XPath with exact text 'Click Me'	PASS
3	Click the button found by XPath	Button is clicked, page reacts to click	-	PASS
4	Wait until element with ID 'message' appears	Message element is visible on the page	Element with ID 'message' is present	PASS
5	Check that message text equals 'Button clicked!'	Message text is 'Button clicked!'	Assert message.text == 'Button clicked!'	PASS
6	Test ends and browser closes	Browser window is closed	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: Button with text 'Click Me' is not found within 10 seconds

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

Which XPath expression is used to find the button by its visible text?

A //button[text()='Click Me']

B //button[@id='click']

C //button[contains(text(),'Click')]

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

Key Result

Using XPath with the text() function helps locate elements by their visible text exactly, which is useful when IDs or classes are not reliable.