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How to Count Elements#

Sometimes it's useful to count the elements of a specific selector, either to check whether the expected number of elements are present, or to automate an iteration over them.

Use Case for Counting Search Results#

For instance, you may want to know how many search results are displayed on a search engine result page:

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from browserist import Browser

search_term = "test"
search_results_xpath = "//*[@class='search-result-item']"

with Browser() as browser:
    browser.open.url(f"https://www.search.com/web?q={search_term}")
    number_of_results = browser.tool.count_elements(search_results_xpath)
    if number_of_results > 0:
        for i in range(1, number_of_results + 1):
            search_result_text = browser.get.text(f"{search_results_xpath}[{i}]")
            print(f"Search result {i}: {search_result_text}")
    else:
        print("No search results found.")

Other Examples#

Images#

How to count the number of <img> image elements on a page:

number_of_images = browser.tool.count_elements("//img")

How to count the number of <a> link elements on a page:

number_of_links = browser.tool.count_elements("//a")

Headlines#

How to count the number of <h1> headline elements on a page:

number_of_headlines = browser.tool.count_elements("//h1")

Paragraphs#

How to count the number of <p> paragraph elements on a page:

number_of_paragraphs = browser.tool.count_elements("//p")