Using xpath for locating an element in selenium webdriver

Question

I am trying to automate a web application using Selenium WebDriver with Java

I want to click on "Create Tournaments"link. I used xpath for identifying that element. But I'm getting the error

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: no such element: 
Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[@id='createtournaments_li']/a"}

Can anybody help me in this..?

Code:

package User;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import junit.framework.Assert;
import jxl.Sheet;
import jxl.Workbook;
import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class QZO_Create_Tournament {

        WebDriver driver;
        private Properties properties;
        private final String PROPERTY_FILE_NAME = "constant.properties";

        public QZO_Create_Tournament() {
            properties = new Properties();
            try {
                InputStream inputStream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(PROPERTY_FILE_NAME);
                if(null != inputStream)
                {
                    properties.load(inputStream);
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        @BeforeTest

        public void openBrowser()
        {
            System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "D:\\MyProjects\\SeleniumTrials\\chromedriver_win32\\chromedriver.exe");
            driver= new ChromeDriver();
            driver.get(properties.getProperty("VAR_ADMIN_URL"));
            driver.manage().window().maximize();
        }

        @Test

        public void login() throws BiffException, IOException, InterruptedException{

            WebElement username=driver.findElement(By.xpath(properties.getProperty("VAR_ADMIN_USERNAME")));
            username.clear();
            username.sendKeys("admin");
            Thread.sleep(1000);
            WebElement password=driver.findElement(By.xpath(properties.getProperty("VAR_ADMIN_PASSWORD")));
            password.sendKeys("123456");
            Thread.sleep(1000);
            WebElement continuebutton=driver.findElement(By.xpath(properties.getProperty("VAR_ADMIN_CONTINUE")));
            continuebutton.click();
             Thread.sleep(20000);
        }


@Test

        public void createtournament(){

         driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         WebElement createtournament=driver.findElement(By.xpath(properties.getProperty("VAR_CREATETOURNAMENT")));
         // WebElement createtournament = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@href='/Admin/CreateEditTournaments']"));
         createtournament.click();
         Select tournamenttype = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath(properties.getProperty("VAR_TOURNAMENTTYPE")))); 
         tournamenttype.selectByVisibleText("Planned Tournament");}}

Properties file :

VAR_ADMIN_USERNAME = //*[@id='username_txt']
VAR_ADMIN_PASSWORD = //*[@id='password_txt']
VAR_ADMIN_CONTINUE = //*[@id='main-section']/div/div/section[2]/div[2]/a/span
VAR_CREATETOURNAMENT = //*[@id='createtournaments_li']/a
VAR_TOURNAMENTTYPE = //*[@id='main-section']/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/ul/li/div/div/select

Try having a look at this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12495723/using-xpath-wildcards-in-attributes-in-selenium-webdriver — Jsmith2800, Nov 17 '16 at 13:05
@Will: how can i count the number of nodes..? Dont know that. i'm new to selenium — Amrutha, Nov 18 '16 at 03:51
@Amrutha in the lower left corner of the firepath window there will be something that says, "X matching node(s)." That's how you can be sure your xpath is finding one node only - the one you care about. If it's more than one then your xpath need some refinement. — Anton, Nov 18 '16 at 13:54

Nick Vanderhoven · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-18T04:40:09.207

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This should work:

driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='createtournaments_li']/a"));

Make sure the code is not part of an <iframe> and that the page is loaded before executing it.

Make sure you are on the right page. It looks like your test is not logging in before you search for the element. The login test is a separate test. The create tournament test will start from the url state in the @BeforeTest

edited Nov 18 '16 at 04:40

answered Nov 17 '16 at 13:01

Nick Vanderhoven

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Actually dot makes no difference in this case – Andersson Nov 17 '16 at 13:44
@Nick : driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='createtournaments_li']/a")); This didn't worked. And the code is not part of an – Amrutha Nov 18 '16 at 03:42
Make sure the page is loaded before the line is executed. Add a breakpoint or a Thread.sleep just to make sure. – Nick Vanderhoven Nov 18 '16 at 04:11
@Nick : Thread.sleep is already added and the page is loaded before the line is executed – Amrutha Nov 18 '16 at 04:16
The xpath should be okay. It must be something else. Can you share the source/code? – Nick Vanderhoven Nov 18 '16 at 04:23
You are on the wrong page. The login test runs independently. Login again in the second test before you try to create a tournament. Extract the login logic in a method. – Nick Vanderhoven Nov 18 '16 at 04:41
If my answer helped you out, you can accept it so other people can see the question is solved. – Nick Vanderhoven Nov 18 '16 at 05:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '16 at 04:13

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use implicit wait may be it will help you out, i had a same problem and implicit wait work like a charm. http://www.software-testing-tutorials-automation.com/2014/01/how-to-use-implicit-wait-in-selenium.html

answered Nov 18 '16 at 04:13

Ishu Sharma

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Tried implicit wait. but same issue – Amrutha Nov 18 '16 at 04:23

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