I'm currently working with Selenium and attempting to extract text from a node that contains the keyword "approved," but I'm unsure of how to retrieve and validate this specific text.
Here is the node structure -
<div class="Notification-body">
<div class="">
<div class="type--primary u-textBreak">
<span class="u-inline">
<span class="type--title">User Name</span> approved "Page_For_Submission"
</span>
</div>
<span class="u-displayBlock type--note">4 hours ago</span>
</div>
</div>
Initially, I attempted using this XPath but it did not return any results -
(//span[contains(@class,'title')]/following-sibling::text()[contains(text(),'approved')])[1]
This indicates that it's not a simple text node.
Afterward, I tried these XPaths and successfully identified the element position
(//html/body/div[7]/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div/div/ul/li[2]/a/div/div/div/div/span/text())[2]
//span[contains(@class,'title')]/following-sibling::text()
(//span[contains(@class,'title')]/following-sibling::text()[contains(.,'approved')])[1]
However, when using these XPaths in Selenium
System.out.println(driver.findElement(By.xpath(prop.getProperty("txt_approvedNotification"))).getText());
An error occurs during execution:
org.openqa.selenium.InvalidSelectorException: invalid selector: The result of the xpath expression "(XPath of Element)[2]" is: [object Text]. It should be an element.
(Session info: chrome=77.0.3865.90)
Build info: version: '3.11.0', revision: 'e59cfb3', time: '2018-03-11T20:26:55.152Z'
System info: host: '*****', ip: '*****', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_191'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: false, browserName: chrome, browserVersion: 77.0.3865.90,
I am curious whether this issue stems from a problem with the XPath or a limitation of the Selenium driver.