invalid selector: Unable to locate an element with the xpath expression. Failed to execute 'evaluate' on 'Document'

Question

Trying to select 2nd value from Drop down. Drop down is made up of div class.

From constants class:

public static final String HOME_PAGE_FLYING_FROM_ID = "departureAirport";
public static final String FLYING_FROM_AJAX_XPATH = "//div[contains(@class,'autocompletebox') and (rel,'departureAirport')]/p[2]/a";

from my FlightSearch class:

    @FindBy(how = How.ID, using = HOME_PAGE_FLYING_FROM_ID)
        WebElement flyingFrom;

        @FindBy(how = How.XPATH, using = FLYING_FROM_AJAX_XPATH)
        WebElement flyingFromAjaxValue;

public void simpleFlighSearch() {

        flyingFrom.sendKeys("new");
        action.moveToElement(flyingFromAjaxValue).click().build().perform();
        LOGGER.debug("clicked`");

    }

This is the error I am getting it: invalid selector: Unable to locate an element with the xpath expression. Failed to execute 'evaluate' on 'Document'.

Not sure but could it be that you should refer to the rel attribute as ... and @rel='departureAirport' ? — buftlica
Post relevant portion of the HTML that you expect your XPath should return — har07

Dmitry Dmitry · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-11T13:38:49

Most likely you missed another 'contains' and '@' in your XPath, and it should look like this:

//div[contains(@class,'autocompletebox') and contains(@rel,'departureAirport')]/p[2]/a

invalid selector: Unable to locate an element with the xpath expression. Failed to execute 'evaluate' on 'Document'

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