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XPath Tester
Test and debug XPath expressions against any XML document instantly in your browser.
How to Use XPath Tester
- 1Paste your XML document into the 'XML Document' field. Make sure it is well-formed — every opening tag must have a matching closing tag.
- 2Type your XPath expression into the 'XPath Expression' field. For example, enter //book/title to select all <title> elements inside <book> elements.
- 3Use predicates to filter results — e.g. //book[@category='fiction'] selects only books where the category attribute equals 'fiction'.
- 4Click the Evaluate button. Matched nodes are listed below, numbered, and shown as full XML snippets.
- 5Click the Copy icon next to any result to copy that node's content to your clipboard.
- 6Click the reset button (↺) to clear all fields and start a new query.
Frequently Asked Questions
XPath (XML Path Language) is a query language for navigating and selecting nodes in an XML document. It lets you pinpoint elements, attributes, or text values using path expressions like //book/title or //item[@id='1'].
This tool uses your browser's built-in XPath 1.0 engine, which supports axes (//), predicates ([]), wildcards (*), and core functions like text(), count(), contains(), and @attribute.
Any valid XPath 1.0 expression — for example: //title (all title elements), //book[@category='fiction'] (books with a specific attribute), //price[text()>10] (price elements by value), or count(//item) (count matching nodes).
Check that your XML is well-formed (every tag is properly closed and nested), your expression path matches the actual element names (XPath is case-sensitive), and any namespace prefixes in your XML are accounted for.
Yes. All processing happens entirely in your browser using the built-in DOM and XPath APIs. No data is sent to any server.
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