Java Selenium. Find element by text for certain xpath

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Trying to find an xpath expression to use in:

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("XPATH HERE"))).click();

The element says "Invite Users" on the page and i need to be able to click on it

I need to find the element /a[@id='inviteUsers_8ef17ba4-b739-4fb6-8198-3862ea84c381_toggle'] but the problem is the characters after "inviteUsers_" is dynamically generated

I have already tried these:

"//*[contains(.,'Invite Users')]";
"//a[contains(.,'Invite Users')]";

And these give NoSuchElement exceptions.

This is the complete XPATH:

/html/body/div[@class='col-xs-10 col-xs-offset-2 main']/fieldset[@class='form-horizontal']/div[@id='roles']/div[@id='entitlements']/div[@class='panel panel-default '][3]/div[@id='service_8ef17ba4-b739-4fb6-8198-3862ea84c381']/div[@class='panel-body']/div[@class='panel panel-default'][1]/div[@class='panel-heading']/h4[@class='panel-title']/a[@id='inviteUsers_8ef17ba4-b739-4fb6-8198-3862ea84c381_toggle']

Did you find your answer? If not, please post the relevant HTML for the link you are trying to click. — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Jul 11, 2016 at 4:23

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-10 15:15:32Z

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You can solve it with starts-with():

//a[starts-with(@id, "inviteUsers_")]

answered Jun 10, 2016 at 15:15

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shanwar Over a year ago

Still failed to find the element unfortunately :( Am i missing something from the xpath ? Maybe i need to get a specific div before trying to access the element ?

alecxe Over a year ago

@shanwar no, if it fails like that, it would fail with a specific div as well. Is this a public page and you can share a link to it? Thanks.

shanwar Over a year ago

Unable to do that sorry. Confidential page under development. Could it be that this element appears in sort of like a drop down area after a subsequent click of a previous element so it fails? I would think the wait (7sec before timeout) takes care of that...

alecxe Over a year ago

@shanwar could be all sorts of things happening, difficult to say what is it exactly. Could you post how this element looks in the HTML? Also, make sure you make all the necessary actions for that element to appear.

shanwar Over a year ago

Watching Selenium execute the test(with debugger) I can see that it execute until the point where it tries to find that element

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lauda · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-14 22:03:41Z

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If this does not work try find a unique parent.

//div[contains(@id, 'service')]//a[contains(@id, 'inviteUsers')]

answered Jun 14, 2016 at 22:03

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