Selenium XPATH selecting next sibling

Question

<div class="block wbc">
   <span></span>
   <span> text_value </span>
</div>

for getting text in second span where does below code go wrong?

driver.find_element(X_PATH,"*//div[@class='block']/span[1]")

For trying by yourself, maybe I write sth wrong here is link

And my code; still giving an error

playbackTimeline__duration =driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"*//div[@class='playbackTimeline__duration']/span[2]")

For finding web element clearly:

//*[@id="app"]/div[4]/section/div/div[3]/div[3]/div/div[3]/span[2]

But I will not use this way, I need declare with class method or CSS Selector at least

Siebe Jongebloed · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-17T07:08:46.820

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If you are sure that you always need the second span use this XPath:

*//div[@class='playbackTimeline__duration']/span[2]

If you need the first span that has actual text use this:

*//div[@class='playbackTimeline__duration']/span[normalize-space()][1]

If the @class has more than only playbackTimeline__duration in it you can use:

*//div[contains(@class,'playbackTimeline__duration')]/span[2]

If there are more div's like that use:

*//div[contains(@class,'playbackTimeline__duration')][1]/span[2]

edited Oct 17 '22 at 07:08

answered Oct 17 '22 at 06:49

Siebe Jongebloed

I edited code, please look. None of them worked. I shared everything. Maybe my question was wrong – xlmaster Oct 17 '22 at 06:58
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please edit your question so that the correct class is in your first example – Siebe Jongebloed Oct 17 '22 at 07:09
what you mean by correct class is in your first example – xlmaster Oct 17 '22 at 07:11
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`*//div[contains(@class,'playbackTimeline__duration')]/span[2]` worked – xlmaster Oct 17 '22 at 07:13
There is only one class "playbackTimeline__duration" in HTML – xlmaster Oct 17 '22 at 07:15
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You use block in your example – Siebe Jongebloed Oct 17 '22 at 07:15
I am confused. sorry. What do I have edit in question. The given div class block span element configuration doesnot resemble the actual(real) one from website? – xlmaster Oct 17 '22 at 07:19
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That is correct, but since you have added the actual url , my examples are bases on that. Ik think for other visitors it will be clearer if you would change the question just based on the actual html – Siebe Jongebloed Oct 17 '22 at 15:58

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