XPath Cheatsheet - XML/HTML Selector Syntax Reference
All essential XPath commands organized by use case, with 34+ entries you can copy and run directly. Find the right command fast when you need it.
Back to Dev ToolsBasic Paths 7
/从根节点选取
//从任意位置选取（recursively）
.当前节点
..父节点
/bookstore/book根下 bookstore 的 book 子元素
//book文档中所有 book 元素
book/titlebook 下的 title 子元素
Predicate Filtering 6
//book[1]第一个 book
//book[last()]最后一个 book
//book[position()<3]前两个 book
//book[@lang="zh"]lang property为 zh 的 book
//book[price>35]price 大于 35 的 book
//book[title]含有 title 子元素的 book
Axes 7
ancestor::div所有祖先 div
parent::node()父节点
child::title子节点 title
descendant::p所有后代 p
following-sibling::div后的兄弟 div
preceding-sibling::h2前的兄弟 h2
self::a自身（当且仅当是 a 时）
Common Functions 8
contains(@class, "active")class propertypackage含 active
starts-with(text(), "Hello")文本以 Hello beginning
normalize-space()去除首尾空白&Compress中间空白
string-length(text())文本length
count(//book)book 元素总数
concat("a", "-", "b")stringconcat
substring("hello", 1, 3)slice子串
translate("abc", "abc", "ABC")字符Replace
Glob & Operations 6
*Match任意元素节点
@*Match任意property
node()Match任意type节点
//a | //ba 和 b 的&集
//div[@id="x" and @class="y"]and condition
//div[@class="a" or @class="b"]or condition
💡 Tips
- // 比 / 慢很多，大范围文档优先用精确路径。
- contains(@class, "x") 会匹配 "x y" 这种复合 class，比精确匹配更实用。
- XPath 1.0 不支持正则，需要正则匹配得上 XPath 2.0 或用 contains 组合。
Official References
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Publicly updated on Jul 21, 2026, continuously proofread against official docs.
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