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XPath & CSS Selector Live Evaluator

Test, evaluate and debug XPath 3.1 expressions and modern CSS Selectors against HTML markup with live node highlighting and JSON export directly in your browser.

Quick Answer & Summary

The XPath & CSS Selector Live Evaluator is a fast, accurate Developer Tools utility designed to test, evaluate and debug xpath 3.1 expressions and modern css selectors against html markup with live node highlighting and json export directly in your browser. entirely in your browser with zero server data storage.

XPath & CSS Selector Live Evaluator

Test and debug XPath 3.1 expressions (//div[@class='card']) and modern CSS Selectors against HTML markup with live match highlighting.

Presets:
0 ms

HTML Document Source

751 chars

Matches (0)

No matching elements found for this selector.

W3C XPath 3.1 & CSS Selectors Level 4 Query Architecture

Web scraping, automated end-to-end testing (Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer), and data mining rely on precise DOM queries to extract structured information from HTML trees.

XPath vs CSS Selectors Quick Reference

  • Tag Selection: //div (XPath) vs div (CSS).
  • Class Matching: //div[contains(@class, 'card')] (XPath) vs .card (CSS).
  • Attribute Query: //a/@href (XPath) extracts raw attribute values.
  • Parent / Ancestor Traversal: .. or ancestor::section (XPath) vs :has() (CSS Selectors Level 4).

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Documentation & Guide

How to Use XPath & CSS Selector Live Evaluator

1

Input HTML Document

Paste your target HTML markup into the HTML Source Editor or choose one of the curated presets.

2

Choose Query Mode

Select either XPath Query (//tag) or CSS Selector (.class) depending on your extraction strategy.

3

Enter Query Expression

Type your selector expression (e.g. //div[@class="product-card"]//span[@class="price"]) to evaluate matches instantaneously.

4

Inspect & Export Matches

Review matched elements, inspect HTML attributes and text content, or export all matching records to JSON.

Practical Examples & Conversions

Input
XPath: //div[@class="product-card"]//span[@class="price"]
Output
Matched price nodes with text and attributes

Frequently Asked Questions (PAA)

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