Illegal xpath expression, can't spot the error any help appreciated...

[Jonn Doe]

 File "/home/ej/.pyenv/versions/webnovel/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/support/wait.py", line 96, in until
    value = method(self._driver)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/ej/.pyenv/versions/webnovel/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/support/expected_conditions.py", line 84, in _predicate
    return driver.find_element(*locator)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/ej/.pyenv/versions/webnovel/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 741, in find_element
    return self.execute(Command.FIND_ELEMENT, {"using": by, "value": value})["value"]
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/ej/.pyenv/versions/webnovel/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 347, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/home/ej/.pyenv/versions/webnovel/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 229, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)

selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidSelectorException: Message: Given xpath expression 

"//a[ends-with(text(),"Strongest Sword God")][1]" 

is invalid: SyntaxError: Document.evaluate: 

The expression is not a legal expression; For documentation on this error, please visit: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/troubleshooting/errors#invalid-selector-exception

Stacktrace:
RemoteError@chrome://remote/content/shared/RemoteError.sys.mjs:8:8
WebDriverError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.sys.mjs:193:5
InvalidSelectorError@chrome://remote/content/shared/webdriver/Errors.sys.mjs:432:5
find_@chrome://remote/content/shared/DOM.sys.mjs:170:11

[Grigoriy Frank]

Try locator: (//a[ends-with(text(),"Strongest Sword God")])[1]

пт, 24 мая 2024 г., 17:03 Jonn Doe <jonn.do...@gmail.com>:

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[Jonn Doe]

Tried , not working, works on @href but the text() fails diff value obviously for the text() and @href.

Odd. Went back to use @href search.

[Adrian]

Hi,

The selector is failing because of the use of incorrect usage of double quotes.

"//a[ends-with(text(),"Strongest Sword God")][1]" 

The inner double quotes is causing confusion.  Try using single quotes for the text instead like:

"//a[ends-with(text(),'Strongest Sword God')][1]" 

Cheers,

Adrian.

[fm.coder teacher]

"//a[ends-with(text(),"Strongest Sword God")][1]" 

recommendation is to use double quotes and single quotes like so " something ='zzz' " or 'something = "zzz" '

try using quotes properly

HTH

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