Absolute XPath begins with the root of the HTML pages and is prefixed with a ' / '.
For example:
/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/form/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div/input[1]
Pros
- It is the easiest way to locate an element.
- It identifies the element very fast
Cons
- It is not readable as it can be very lengthy
- It is very delicate as a minor structural change can make it useless.
<html>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Column One</th>
<th>Column Two</th>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>For the above HTML document if user wants to get the second 'th' then the Absolute XPath will be
/html/body/table/tr/th[2]Now if we add a new tag between the body and table as below:
<html>
<body>
<p>Paragraph One</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Column One</th>
<th>Column Two</th>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
/html/body/p/table/tr/th[2]
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