XPath Overview
- XPath stands for XML Path Language. It is a core component of XSLT standard by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
- It is a query language that is used for navigating through an XML document.
- An HTML web page is also an XML document.
- Hence combined with TagUI, XPath allows us to locate any element on a web page.
- This tutorial aims at giving you enough understanding on XPath so that you can start using TagUI to automate entering of data or extract data from websites.
XPath Tutorials
- An Introduction To XPath: How To Get Started - a clear and easy to understand intro to get you started using Xpath.
- XPath in Selenium WebDriver: Complete Tutorial - Though this is written for Selenium, the explanation on the the key concepts of XPath is very good like the following:
- XPath tutorial by W3C Schools - a more detailed reference for XPath by W3C Schools
Highlight: This website has an XPath playground that allows you to try out and play with the XPath expressions.
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