Selenium Python XPATH how to select input field which is in post form?

Question

I have two form in same page like below

<form method="get">
     <input type="submit">
</form>

<form method="post">
     <input type="submit">
</form>

I am able to get last input field like

//input[last()]

I need to track the input field if it's a post method form input.

frianH · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-27 10:32:29Z

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Try following xpath:

.find_element_by_xpath('//form[@method="post"]//input')

Or the css selector looks better:

.find_element_by_css_selector('form[method="post"] > input')

answered Oct 27, 2020 at 10:32

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Ananth · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-27 10:34:45Z

1

You can get the list of forms using the XPath. Then extract its method attribute as below:

//form/[@method='post']

Once you have the form you can get the descendant as below:

//form/descendant::input[@type='submit']

This should return you the value.

answered Oct 27, 2020 at 10:24

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