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sirping
Occasional Contributor
3 years ago

How to get XPath in Script from Alias

How do I get the XPath from an Alias in a Python Script. So not the full path but ONLY the XPath that it is actually mapped to.  So not alias.Name wich would result in: "FindElement('xpath=//fro-inp...
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  • sirping's avatar
    sirping
    3 years ago

    mikef We only use the "data-testid" tag. So we only have one selector for every object that we map. But since TestComplete does apparently not support a good answer to the question I asked, I wrote my own script for that purpose. For anyone interested here it is.

     

     

    def get_alias_xpath(alias):
    TimeoutValue = Options.Run.Timeout
    Options.Run.Timeout = 0
    tmp = alias.Name
    xpath = tmp[13::]
    aliasxpath = xpath[:-2].replace("xpath=", "").replace('\"', '"')
    Options.Run.Timeout = TimeoutValue
    return aliasxpath

     

mikef's avatar
mikef
Staff
3 years ago

Hi sirping 

 

Do you want to know which selector was used in a particular interaction? This is posted to the Log for each step.

Bear in mind also, the functionality of TestComplete NameMapping collects one-or-more XPath OR CSS selectors for an Alias, so it isn't a one-to-one property.

 

Regards

Mike

 

  • sirping's avatar
    sirping
    Occasional Contributor
    3 years ago

    mikef We only use the "data-testid" tag. So we only have one selector for every object that we map. But since TestComplete does apparently not support a good answer to the question I asked, I wrote my own script for that purpose. For anyone interested here it is.

     

     

    def get_alias_xpath(alias):
    TimeoutValue = Options.Run.Timeout
    Options.Run.Timeout = 0
    tmp = alias.Name
    xpath = tmp[13::]
    aliasxpath = xpath[:-2].replace("xpath=", "").replace('\"', '"')
    Options.Run.Timeout = TimeoutValue
    return aliasxpath