Below are the simple steps to find XPath of a button on a web page in Google Chrome.
Let’s try to find the XPath of ‘Subscribe’ button on Gethowstuff.com’s homepage.
Steps to find XPath of button
- Open Gethowstuff.com in Google Chrome
- Right-Click on Subscribe button and click on Inspect
3. Right-Click on the highlighted area on the console
4. Go to Copy -> Click on Copy XPath
That’s it. The XPath of the button is copied. Follow same steps to find XPath of any button on the webpage.
Important Note:
When you paste XPath in Python code, replace double quotes of the id with single quotes. Otherwise, you may get syntax error
Example: //*[@id=”text-2″]/div/form/input[3] to //*[@id=’text-2′]/div/form/input[3]
To know how to use it in a script visit Python selenium script – click a button on web page using xpath
