How to use "not" attribute with "class name" in Xpath?

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//span[@class='cname']//text()[not(parent::em[@class='multiple']) and not(normalize-space()='')]

I need to remove text() in this code. Because when I use text() it becomes an object. But if I type ".text" at the end of my python code it turns to element.

I need an element not an object. So I need to rewrite "text()" from the code without any other changes, or change it from object to element.

An python example om how to get only the direct-text()-nodes of een element: https://stackoverflow.com/a/45238811/3710053 — Siebe Jongebloed, May 13 '21 at 13:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '21 at 13:10

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If you want to select the parent element of that text() you could just add /.. or /parent::* to the end of the XPath

//span[@class='cname']//text()[not(parent::em[@class='multiple']) and not(normalize-space()='')]/..

or

//span[@class='cname']//text()[not(parent::em[@class='multiple']) and not(normalize-space()='')]/parent::*

answered May 13 '21 at 13:10

Mads Hansen

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https://stackoverflow.com/q/67518131/11722451 can you help me – Furkan DURMUŞ May 13 '21 at 13:25

How to use "not" attribute with "class name" in Xpath?

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