How to get multiple elements (div) using Xpath Selenium WebDriver JAVA?

Question

I'm having some difficulties to get multiple elements from a div. As you can see, I got the div[1] and after that I want to get more 8 div inside div[1]. But I want to do that with xpath(same line). Anyone have some idea?

Father = .//*[@id='result']/div[1]

Sons =

          .//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[6]
          .//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[9]
          .//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[12]
          .//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[15]
          .//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[18]
          .//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[21]
          .//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[24]
          .//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[27]

My Code:

List<String> productName = new ArrayList<String>();
List<WebElement> allProductsName = driver.findElements(
        By.xpath(".//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[6]"));
for(WebElement w : allProductsName) {
    productName.add(w.getText());
}
System.out.print(productName);

I imagined something like that ".//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[6],[9]..." or

".//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[6 and 9 ....]"

But didn't work.

Too late but ... .//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div[position() >= 6 and position() <= 27 and position() mod 3 = 0] — LMC
– LMC, Commented Apr 2, 2024 at 23:54

Poojan Dave · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21 14:43:16Z

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as your product description comes in 6,9,12,15,18 use this code that will iterate through 6 to 27 in multiplication of 3.

List<String> productName = new ArrayList<String>();


for(int i=6; i<=27; i=i+3)
{

    List<WebElement> allProductsName = driver.findElements(By.xpath(".//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div["+i+"]"));
    for(WebElement w : allProductsName) {
        productName.add(w.getText());
    }
}
System.out.print(productName);

answered Oct 21, 2016 at 14:43

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Grasshopper · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21 13:38:09Z

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Just remove the index number at the end of the xpath and get all the immediate child divs in a List.

    List<String> productName = new ArrayList<String>();
               List<WebElement> allProductsName = driver.findElements(
By.xpath(".//*[@id='result']/div[1]/div"));
               for(WebElement w : allProductsName) {
                   productName.add(w.getText());
               }

        System.out.print(productName);

answered Oct 21, 2016 at 13:38

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Vinicius Kostriuba Over a year ago

Actually I need exactly those children because div[1] have some others div that I don't need.

Vinicius Kostriuba Over a year ago

Yes, like description product (Name and Price), if I get every div inside the div[1], xpath will bring the Search for example. I only need the description. div[6] = ADESIVO BASE D"AGUA FASTBOND / R$20,00 Thanks for help Grasshopper.

Grasshopper Over a year ago

Can you add the relevant html to your question? html from the 5th to the 10th child div details would be enough to see if there is any unique attribute to be used in xpath.

Vinicius Kostriuba Over a year ago

Thanks for your help Florent, Poojan Dave solve the problem.

robx · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21 14:53:57Z

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The first thing I see is that the development of the application should not have duplicate static ID. If used like this, should be a class instead.

Second thing is, the xpath expression is not good approach. Try to never use //* , and you don't need the dot (.//), as it can take much longer to find the element(s), and make tests slower.

You don't show any html code, but based on your sample you should be able to get all div element using

List<WebElement> results = driver.getElements(By.id("result"));

or if you insist on xpath

List<WebElement> results = driver.getElements(By.xpath("//div[@id='result']"));

answered Oct 21, 2016 at 14:53

robx

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Vinicius Kostriuba Over a year ago

Thanks for your help Florent, Poojan Dave solve the problem.

robx Over a year ago

Your welcome. In any case though, just more input if its already solved.

robx Over a year ago

I guess the down vote because people don't know how to parse the list after getting all the list items?

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