So nutzt du: XPath Tester
- Paste XML or HTML (switch the mode for HTML pages), or load the sample.
- Type an XPath expression — results update as you type.
- Each match shows its exact path, attributes and content; click a path to use it as the expression.
- Try the example chips to learn common patterns.
XPath in a nutshell
| Expression | Selects |
|---|---|
/catalog/book | book elements that are direct children of the root catalog |
//title | every title element anywhere |
//book[@id='bk102'] | books whose id attribute equals bk102 |
//book[price > 30]/title | titles of books priced above 30 |
//book[1] / //book[last()] | the first / last book in each parent |
//a[contains(@href, 'docs')] | links whose URL contains “docs” |
//li[normalize-space()='Home'] | list items whose trimmed text is exactly Home |
count(//book) | a number instead of nodes |
//title/text() | the text nodes themselves |
Namespaces
In XML with a default namespace (xmlns="…"), //book matches nothing because the elements are in that namespace. Declared prefixes are picked up automatically, and the default namespace is available as the prefix d: — write //d:book. Alternatively use //*[local-name()='book'].
HTML mode
HTML is parsed the way a browser parses it, so missing closing tags are repaired and a <tbody> is inserted into tables — the same structure Selenium, Playwright and scrapers see. The browser’s built-in XPath 1.0 engine is used. Tidy documents first with the XML formatter, or convert them with XML to JSON.
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Passende Tools zu: XPath Tester
- JSONPath Tester — Type a JSONPath query and instantly see what it selects — with the exact path of each match.
- Regex-Tester — Gib ein Muster ein und sieh zu, wie Übereinstimmungen in deinem Testtext in Echtzeit hervorgehoben werden.
- Online HTML Editor — A lightweight code playground: edit HTML, CSS and JavaScript side by side, see the result instantly, read console output and download your page as one HTML file.
- HTML Formatter — Paste minified or messy markup and get clean, consistently indented HTML — including embedded <style> and <script> blocks.
Häufige Fragen
Which XPath version is supported?
XPath 1.0, the version built into browsers, Selenium, lxml, libxml2 and most scraping tools. XPath 2.0/3.1 functions such as
matches() or upper-case() are not available.Why does my XPath work in the browser but not in my scraper?
Browsers add elements when parsing HTML (for example
tbody) and pages often change with JavaScript. Test against the raw HTML your scraper downloads, using HTML mode here.Is my document uploaded?
No. It is parsed and evaluated in your browser.
Kann ich XPath Tester als Web-App installieren und offline nutzen?
Ja. XPath Tester ist eine installierbare Web-App (PWA) – sie wird über Ihren Browser installiert und nicht aus einem App-Store heruntergeladen. Klicken Sie oben auf dieser Seite in Chrome oder Edge (Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS) auf „App installieren“ oder verwenden Sie auf Android-Geräten „Teilen“ → „Zum Startbildschirm hinzufügen“ auf dem iPhone und iPad bzw. „Datei“ → „Zum Dock hinzufügen“ in Safari 17+ auf einem Mac. Die App öffnet sich dann in einem eigenen Fenster mit einem eigenen Symbol, und da sie vollständig in Ihrem Browser ausgeführt wird, funktioniert sie auch offline. Firefox auf dem Desktop kann keine Web-Apps installieren. So funktioniert die Installation.