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JavaScript / XPath - get input by name
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In this short article we would like to show how to get input element by name attribute using XPath in JavaScript.
Quick solution:
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<html>3
<body>4
<form>5
<label>Username:</label>6
<input name="username" value="John" />7
</form>8
<script>9
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var result = document.evaluate('//input[@name="username"]', document.body);11
var input = result.iterateNext();12
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if (input) {14
console.log(input.value);15
}16
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</script>18
</body>19
</html>
