Question

Is there a get_xpath method or a way to accomplish something similar in selenium or lxml.html. I have a feeling that I have seen somewhere but can’t find anything like that in the docs.

Pseudocode to illustrate:

browser.find_element_by_name('search[1]').get_xpath()

>>> '//*[@id="langsAndSearch"]/div[1]/form/input[1]'

Answer 1

As there is no unique mapping between an element and an xpath expression, a general solution is not possible. But if you know something about your xml/html, it might be easy to write it your own. Just start with your element, walk up the tree using the parent and generate your expression.