How to find an element with respect to the user input using Selenium and Python?

Answer 1

Try the below xpath:

code = '23456'
element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//p[@class='code' and text()='" +code +"']")

Answer 2

To locate the element with respect to the input by the user using Selenium and python you need to to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using variable in XPATH:

  user_input = '23456'
  element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='list']//div/p[@class='code' and text()='" +user_input+ "']")))
  

• Using %s in XPATH:

  user_input = '23456'
  element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='list']//div/p[@class='code' and text()='%s']"% str(user_input))))
  

• Using format() in XPATH:

  user_input = '23456'
  element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='list']//div/p[@class='code' and text()='{}']".format(str(user_input)))))
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC