How to check if an element exists in Cypress using XPath?

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#1

How to check if an element exists in Cypress using XPath?

#2

Hey Alex,

There are many Cypress locators that you might be aware of; according to my learning, you can check if an element exists in Cypress using the cy.xpath() command followed by the XPath expression. For example:

cy.xpath("//button[@id='submit']").should('exist');

Hope this helps.

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#3

You can use the cy.get() command with the XPath selector and chain the should(‘exist’) assertion to check if an element exists in Cypress.

cy.get(‘xpath-selector’).should(‘exist’);

#4

Another way to check if an element exists in Cypress is to use the cy.xpath() command followed by the XPath expression and then chain the should(‘exist’) assertion.

cy.xpath(‘xpath-expression’).should(‘exist’);