[FIXED] How to get xpath which contains a variable

Issue

Im trying to get videos length using xPath but the aria-label changes on every video it looks like this //*[@aria-label="10 seconds"]

How can i specify this element path here's the html source

<span id="text" class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer" aria-label="20 seconds">   0:20 </span>

Solution

If this id is unique text

directly try to extract the .text or do a .get_attribute

Using .text :

video_len = driver.find_element_by_id('text').text
print(video_len)

Using .get_attribute() :

video_len = driver.find_element_by_id('text').get_attribute('aria-label')
print(video_len)

PS : Please check in the dev tools (Google chrome) if we have unique entry in HTML DOM or not.

Steps to check:

Press F12 in Chrome -> go to element section -> do a CTRL + F -> then paste the xpath and see, if your desired element is getting highlighted with 1/1 matching node.

You can try the same two methods with the below css

span.style-scope.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer

always check in HTMLDOM, if we have unique entry or not for any locator.

Answered By - cruisepandey