Selenium Python check if div exist

Question

I'm scrapping facebook post, I'm using

status = x.find_element_by_xpath(".//div[@class='_5pbx userContent _3576']/p[1]").text

for getting status post, and html structure of facebook post like here

<div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" data-ft="{{"tn":"K"}}" id="js_33">
  <p>Bersama Ketua APTIKOM Yogyakarta, Bapak Dr. Agfianto Eko Putra, M.Si. @agfi68<br> Terima kasih banyak telah memesan buku Digital.Is. Me</p>
</div>

sometimes, p tag inside div, but sometime not inside div

how can I create status = x.find_element_by_xpath(".//div[@class='_5pbx userContent _3576']/p[1]").text

that support if inside div or not inside div

Answer 1

您可以执行x.find_elements_by_xpath并查看长度是否为零。

Answer 2

Use find_element_by_xpath(".//div[@class='_5pbx userContent _3576']") to find the <div> element.

Then you can inspect that element to see whether or not it has a <p> child element.

Answer 3

You want to select two different elements depending on certain conditions. So, you should use:

.//div[@class='_5pbx userContent _3576'][not(p[1])]|.//div[@class='_5pbx userContent _3576']/p[1]

In general, assuming variables $XPathExpression1 , $XPathExpression2 and $Condition :

$XPathExpression1[$Condition]|$XPathExpression2[not($Condition)]