selenium find element by xpath

selenium in python finding an element via relative xpath

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You should use class and/or id to make shorter xpath.

When you find cards then you can use every card with xpath which starts with ./ - so it will be xpath relative to this element and it will search only inside this element.

You can also use // in any part of xpath to skip some tags which are not important.

You can use other find_element_by_ and find_elements_by_ with card and it will also search only inside this element - so it will be relative.

import selenium.webdriver

driver = selenium.webdriver.Chrome() # Firefox()

driver.get('https://travel.padi.com/s/liveaboards/caribbean/')

all_cards = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//div[@class="boat search-page-item-card "]')

for card in all_cards:
    title = card.find_element_by_xpath('.//a[@class="shop-title"]/span')
    desc  = card.find_element_by_xpath('.//p[@class="shop-desc-text"]')
    price = card.find_element_by_xpath('.//p[@class="cur-price"]/strong/span')

    print('title:', title.text)
    print('desc:',  desc.text)
    print('price:', price.text)

    all_dates = card.find_elements_by_css_selector('.cell.date')

    for date in all_dates:
        day, month = date.find_elements_by_tag_name('span')
        print('date:', day.text, month.text)

    print('---')

Example result (you can have price in different currency)

title: CARIBBEAN EXPLORER II
desc: With incredible, off-the-beaten path itineraries that take guests to St Kitts, Saba and St Maarten, this leading liveaboard spoils divers with five dives each day, scenic geography and a unique slice of Caribbean culture.
Dates do not match your search criteria
price: PLN 824
date: 7 DEC
date: 14 DEC
date: 21 DEC
date: 28 DEC
---
title: BAHAMAS AGGRESSOR
desc: Featuring five dives a day, the well-regarded Bahamas Aggressor liveaboard is the ideal choice for divers who want to spend as much time under the water as possible then relax in an onboard Jacuzzi.
Dates do not match your search criteria
price: PLN 998
date: 7 DEC
date: 14 DEC
date: 21 DEC
date: 28 DEC
---

Answer from furas on Stack Overflow

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Finding web elements | Selenium

September 6, 2025 - from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By driver = webdriver.Chrome() driver.get("https://www.example.com") ##get elements from parent element using TAG_NAME # Get element with tag name 'div' element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'div') # Get all the elements available with tag name 'p' elements = element.find_elements(By.TAG_NAME, 'p') for e in elements: print(e.text) ##get elements from parent element using XPATH ##NOTE: in order to utilize XPATH from current element, you must add "." to beginning of path # Get first element of tag 'ul' element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//ul') # get children of tag 'ul' with tag 'li' elements = element.find_elements(By.XPATH, './/li') for e in elements: print(e.text)

Bird Eats Bug

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Discover how to locate elements by exact or partial text in Selenium using XPath text() and contains with clear, real-world examples.

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Can't get element by XPATH

You're using an absolute xpath, which is almost always a bad idea. This xpath might work at one point, but it's also very prone to failure with even the slightest change in the page's DOM structure. Try coming up with an xpath that more uniquely identifies the element instead of tracing it all the way back to the html tag. More on reddit.com

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Using xpath to find element does not always work

While what has been said is correct, IDs and Name selectors are preferred, XPath can be easy to use if used correctly. I like using https://devhints.io/xpath as a guide, but you can actually build some fairly robust locators using xpath. For instance, a lot of buttons on a site I work with don't have ID or Name attributes. I've made some xpath locators like //input[@type="submit" and text() = "Save"] When using something like devtools, just right clicking an element and extracting the Xpath is going to give you a horribly long and hideous xpath locator - those are almost always going to break and are extremely brittle. You can use those for a quick proof of concept but for robust locators, that's generally what you want to avoid, but don't avoid xpath all together, because it can certainly make good locators. More on reddit.com

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