IllegalArgument Exception : Unable to compile

Question

I am getting IlleagalArgument Exception while retreiving Xpath for a particular node

I need to retrieve the below webpage link which follows the title WebPages ,I tried using the below expression but it is not able compile (Please see the comment section for the html )

page.getNode("//h3[. = 'Webpages:']/following-sibling::/ul[@class='list-entity-locations']/li/a/text()")

This is what I tried but got Exception

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to compile

Webpages
http://www.ray-footandankleclinic.com

– user8618585 May 28 '19 at 12:29 — user8618585, May 28 '19 at 12:29

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '19 at 12:48

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The right syntax is following-sibling::ul, not following-sibling::/ul.

answered May 28 '19 at 12:48

Martin Honnen

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Thanks for pointing it , though it compiles now but I get null . – user8618585 May 28 '19 at 13:07
Then at least edit your question and provide minimal but complete samples of parsing the input and using XPath to allow others to reproduce the problem. – Martin Honnen May 28 '19 at 14:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '19 at 14:21

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To looking into html which you have posted there is no : text inside <h3>...</h3> tag. Try the below code.

//h3[. = 'Webpages']/following-sibling::ul[@class='list-entity-locations']/li/a/text()

answered May 28 '19 at 14:21

KunduK

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IllegalArgument Exception : Unable to compile

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