robotframework - invalid xpath expression

Question

Trying to get an element attribute in robotframework, like so:

${list_id} = Get Element Attribute xpath://h3[contains(text(), ${name})] data-testid

All well and good, ${name} is a variable set higher up in the flow, but how do I wrap a variable so it is parsed as “XYZ” and not just XYZ? Without the quotes it’s an invalid xpath expression. Seen similar issues, but not many have included a variable.

Thanks, JB

Todor Minakov · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-18 19:00:20Z

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Just wrap it in the quotes:

${list_id} = Get Element Attribute    xpath://h3[contains(text(), "${name}")]    data-testid

What will happen is RF will put the variable's value, and as you have quotes the xpath will end up as //h3[contains(text(), "XYZ")]

answered Jun 18, 2020 at 19:00

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Jason Over a year ago

That was what I tried initially, but this is what I see in the console: Element with locator 'xpath://h3[contains(text(), "$name")]' not found. I've set it as a suite variable, maybe it's not getting passed in? Will take another look.

Jason Over a year ago

Sorry, it should show as ${name}, was trying to pull it in without the curly braces, but that failed too.

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