XPath selecting specific child element

Question

I've some problem with Xpath syntax with html. I want to select an item which is into a div.

I have a Div define by an id : "popin".

In this div, I have a span with his id is "id_yes".

I can get the div with //DIV[contains(@id ,'popin')] but I failed to get the span element.

Have you a solution ?

callback · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-03 12:56:50Z

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If you have the ID, you can use: //span[@id="id_yes"]

If you want to be more specific, //div[@id="popin"]/span[@id="id_yes"]

That, assuming your IDs are unique.

answered Jul 3, 2017 at 12:56

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the id of the span is not unique, this is why I want to specify in which div the span is located.

Then you can use that second option, because it specifies the div with # popin and then finds the span inside that div.