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ashkht
Contributor
7 years ago

To find xpath of element from XML response after removing CDATA

Hello All, I am trying to find xpath of an output element from XML response which is been retrieved by removing CDATA tags after using following code under Event - "SubmitListener.afterSubmit". if(...
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Nastya_Khovrina
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
7 years ago

Hi,

 

Thank you for your post. The provided sample response is not a valid XML file. You can check it in the following online validator: https://www.xmlvalidation.com/

 

The XML declaration should be the first line of an XML file: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms256048(v=vs.110).aspx, but you get it in line 4:

 

<ExecuteSearchResult><?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

 

When you have a valid XML, the XPath assertion should work. In your case, the XPath will be the following: 

 

declare namespace ns1='http://www.valuecheckonline.com/';
//ns1:ExecuteSearchResponse[1]/ns1:ExecuteSearchResult[1]/ns1:ValueCheck[1]/ns1:FindTargetProperty[1]/ns1:City[1]