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I'm trying to parse some elements using XPATH

This is my python code:

driver.get("http://watir.com/examples/shadow_dom.html")
shadow_host = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//*[@id="shadow_host"]')
shadow_root1 = shadow_host.shadow_root
shadow_host1 = shadow_root1.find_element(By.XPATH, '/span')

selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: invalid argument: invalid locator

I know that I can use CSS Selectors, but I want to use it in case there aren't any CSS Selectors. Can you help me, how to write shadow_host1 correctly using XPATH? Thanks

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  • '//span' (double slash)? Commented Feb 5, 2023 at 14:41
  • Does not work:( Thanks for the answer @Yevhen Kuzmovych Commented Feb 5, 2023 at 14:48

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You cannot use XPATH locators with shadow root. You can use CSS LOCATORS instead (when on a Chrome/chromedriver setup), or alternatively (when using a Firefox/geckodriver setup) use javascript selectors (querySelector).

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So how can I click on an option element? <csgofloat-page-size class="page-selector"> #shadow-root (open) <select> <option value="10"> "10" </option> </select> </csgofloat-page-size> Thank you very much for your answer
This is a different question. My answer addressed your original question. If you have more, post them as new questions.
@KraKoff_ -- just in case this answer is relevant to your follow-up question: stackoverflow.com/questions/73653766/…

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