| [ Web Proxy ] |
| Viewing: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XPathEvaluator | [Back] [Original] |
Get to know MDN better
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. Its been available across browsers since July 2015.
The XPathEvaluator interface allows to compile and evaluate XPath expressions.
XPathEvaluator()Creates a new XPathEvaluator object.
XPathEvaluator.createExpression()Creates a parsed XPath expression with resolved namespaces.
XPathEvaluator.createNSResolver() Returns the input as-is.
XPathEvaluator.evaluate()Evaluates an XPath expression string and returns a result of the specified type if possible.
<div> elementsThe following example shows the use of the XPathEvaluator interface.
<div>XPath example</div>
<div>Number of <div> elements: <output></output></div>
const xpath = "//div";
const evaluator = new XPathEvaluator();
const expression = evaluator.createExpression(xpath);
const result = expression.evaluate(
document,
XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE,
);
document.querySelector("output").textContent = result.snapshotLength;
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM # interface-xpathevaluator |
This page was last modified on Sep 25, 2025 by MDN contributors.
XPathEvaluatorAbortControllerAbortSignalAbstractRangeAttrCDATASectionCharacterDataCommentCustomEventDOMErrorDOMExceptionDOMImplementationDOMParserDOMTokenListDocumentDocumentFragmentDocumentTypeElementEventEventTargetHTMLCollectionMutationObserverMutationRecordNamedNodeMapNodeNodeIteratorNodeListProcessingInstructionQuotaExceededErrorRangeShadowRootStaticRangeTextTreeWalkerXMLDocumentXPathExpressionXPathResultXSLTProcessorYour blueprint for a better internet.
Portions of this content are 19982026 by individual mozilla.org contributors. Content available under a Creative Commons license.
| Web Proxy Viewer | New URL | Original Page |