findx

The command to get a list of Elements that match the XPath selector.

Syntax

py.findx(xpath: str) -> Elements
py.findx(xpath: str, timeout: int) -> Elements

---or---

Element.findx(xpath: str) -> Elements
Element.findx(xpath: str, timeout: int) -> Elements

Usage

correct usage

# Yield all Elements in .nav with tag name of a
py.get(".nav").findx("//a")

---or---

# Yield all Elements in document with id of 'button'
py.findx("//*[@id='button']")

---or--- # store in a variable

elements = py.findx("//*[@id='button']")

---or--- # chain an Element(s) command

# if one element is found, still returns a list of 1: [Element]
py.findx("//*[@id='button']").first().click()

---or--- # control the timeout in any of the above usages

py.findx("//a[@href='/about']", timeout=5).length()

incorrect usage

# Errors, 'title' does not yield Element
py.title().findx("//a")

---or---

# Errors, 'get_cookie' does not yield Element
py.get_cookie().findx("//[text()='foo' and @class='bar']")

Arguments

• xpath (str) - The XPATH selector to use

• timeout=None (int) - The number of seconds for this command to succeed.

  • timeout=None will use the default wait_time in pylenium.json

  • timeout=0 will poll the DOM immediately with no wait

  • Greater than zero will override the default wait_time

Yields

• Elements - The list of elements found.

  • If none are found, returns an empty list

  • If one or more are found, return the list normally

Examples

# There should be 3 `a` elements
py.findx("//a").should().have_length(3)