Selecting elements by specific Class Name

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I would like to select elements by the class name, but only with a specific name(first-level-li), if there are other classes with the name that I am trying to select but followed for other names

(<li class="first-level-li no-second-level shop-link">
<li class="first-level-li  no-second-level  ">)

, I need to ignore them, how can I do this? Example:

firstLevelMenu = self.driver.find_elements_by_class_name ( "first-level-li" )

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<li class="first-level-li no-second-level shop-link">
<li class="first-level-li  no-second-level  ">
<li class="first-level-li  ">

unfortunately, using by xpath (find_elements_by_xpath) is not returning any elements, and there are 9 elements in the page. Do you know the reason? — SDB
– SDB, Commented Oct 24, 2017 at 11:31
@SDB in the example html you gave, the class name has 2 spaces after it. So your xpath to match that would actually be with the 2 spaces ("//li[@class='first-level-li ']"). It has to match exactly — chasmani
– chasmani, Commented Oct 24, 2017 at 12:05

chasmani · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-24 12:07:31Z

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firstlevelMenu = self.driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//li[@class='first-level-li  ']")

Docs are here http://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/locating-elements.html

edited Oct 24, 2017 at 12:07

answered Oct 24, 2017 at 10:32

chasmani

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SDB Over a year ago

unfortunately, using by xpath (find_elements_by_xpath) is not returning any elements, and there are 9 elements in the page. Do you know the reason?

CaptureSunshine · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-24 10:35:06Z

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You can use xpath to do the same:

self.driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//li[@class='first-level-li']")

This finds the element that has the exact class name.

answered Oct 24, 2017 at 10:35

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Mahesh Karia · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-24 10:48:00Z

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You can use xpath as mentioned above with following function too which will directly return object of specific element, instead of list.

self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//li[@class='first-level-li ']")

answered Oct 24, 2017 at 10:48

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