XPath Cookbook
Search for elements[edit]
Top-level element[edit]
Use a single slash:
/body
Element anywhere within DOM[edit]
Use two slashes:
//a
Search the children of an element[edit]
Search top-level children of an element with single slash:
//div/a
Search all children at any level under the parent element with double slashes:
This will return all children at any level below the parent element.
//div//a
Search for an element based on the value of one of its attributes[edit]
Exact value of the attribute[edit]
//div[@class="foo"]
Partial match of the attribute value[edit]
//div[contains(@class, "foo")]
Partial match of multiple possible attribute values[edit]
//div[contains(@class, "foo") | contains(@class, "bar")]