Is it possible to locate element by partial id match in Selenium

Question

I am trying to locate elements with generated ids wherein some part of the ID is known; for example:

id="page_x002e_x0023_default-create-firstname"

in which the last 3 words (_default-create-firstname) are known but anything preceding that is subject to change. Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can use the below methods:

starts-with()

ends-with()

contains()

element = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//[starts-with(@id, ‘the_text_you_want_to_match’)]");

element = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//[contains(@id, ‘the_text_you_want_to_match’)]");

element = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[ends-with(@id, ‘the_text_you_want_to_match’)]");

Hope this helps! 

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