Selenium. How to get div id by href

Question

I have a some html code:

<div id = "NeedThis">
   <div style = "width:100%">
      <a href = "https://google.com/"></a>
   </div>
</div>

How can i get a NeedThis by Selenium WebDriver FindElement and maybe XPath or CssSelector if i know a href in <a>? Language doesn't matter

Try `//div[./div/a[@href='https://google.com/']]` where you can substitute any URL (href). — JeffC, Dec 08 '18 at 19:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 09 '18 at 14:58

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Use below:

String id= driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[descendant::div/a[@href='https://google.com/']]")).getAttribute("id");
System.out.println(id);

Output:

NeedThis

edited Dec 09 '18 at 14:58

JeffC

answered Dec 08 '18 at 18:50

Kushal Bhalaik

imagine that I don't know how that id called – Vlad Gromov Dec 08 '18 at 18:52
Then simply use : a[href*="https://google.com/"] – Kushal Bhalaik Dec 08 '18 at 18:55
This doesn't answer the question. The question is how do I get an ID of a parent element. Your selector will return the `A`, not the parent element. And you've specified the ID (which is not known) as part of the selector. – JeffC Dec 08 '18 at 19:36
Yes you're right @JeffC – Kushal Bhalaik Dec 09 '18 at 12:37
@VladGromov : I've updated my answer to meet your requirement. – Kushal Bhalaik Dec 09 '18 at 12:43
I removed the outdated part of your answer. To make your answer even better, explain how the XPath you provided works. How did you create it, etc. – JeffC Dec 09 '18 at 14:59

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