Get child element using xpath selenium python

Question

We can get a parent of a selenium element using xpath, by

par_element = element.find_element_by_xpath('..')

In a similar fashion, how can we get the child of the element? I tried the following and did not work

child_element = element.find_element_by_xpath('/')
child_element = element.find_element_by_xpath('//')

Benjamin Loison · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-05 09:29:28Z

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To get to the child of the WebElement you need to set the context to the current element using the dot character i.e. .. So effectively your line of code can be either of the following:

child_element = element.find_element_by_xpath('./')

or

child_element = element.find_element_by_xpath('.//')

edited Jun 5, 2023 at 9:29

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Lakshmi Narayanan Over a year ago

I did not think of this, but it did not work.

Lakshmi Narayanan Over a year ago

sorry about that, it worked. I had an extra slash inside the xpath. Updated

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