XPath Online Tester

XPath Online Tester is an interactive tool for testing XPath expressions against XML documents in real-time. Whether you're a developer building XML parsers, a data engineer extracting information from XML feeds, or a web scraper working with XML APIs, our XPath tester lets you write, test, and debug XPath queries instantly, showing matching elements and query results as you type.

This tool provides real-time XPath query evaluation, highlights matching elements in XML documents, supports XPath 1.0 and 2.0 syntax, includes example queries for learning, displays query results and matched nodes, and offers syntax checking with error messages. Simply paste your XML document, write an XPath expression, and instantly see which elements match your query.

XPath testing is essential for XML data extraction and processing. Developers need to test XPath queries when building XML parsers and data extractors, debugging XML processing code, learning XPath syntax and capabilities, extracting specific data from SOAP responses, and scraping content from XML feeds. Writing XPath without immediate feedback is slow and error-prone.

Data engineers use XPath testers to prototype data extraction queries for XML ETL pipelines, validate XPath selectors before production deployment, debug complex XPath expressions with nested predicates, learn advanced XPath features and functions, and test XPath against sample XML before processing large datasets. Web developers benefit from extracting data from RSS/Atom feeds, querying XML configuration files, testing XML transformation queries, and learning XPath for XML manipulation.

The tool provides instant feedback on XPath queries, enables rapid prototyping and testing, and accelerates XPath learning through experimentation. It's particularly valuable when developing XML data extraction tools, debugging XPath selectors, learning XPath syntax and functions, or optimizing XPath performance for production systems.

Data Extraction: Build and test XPath queries for extracting data from XML documents.

Learning XPath: Experiment with XPath syntax and learn query capabilities interactively.

Debugging: Test and debug complex XPath expressions with nested predicates and functions.

API Development: Prototype XPath selectors for SOAP API response parsing.

Feed Processing: Test XPath queries for extracting content from RSS/Atom feeds.

Configuration Parsing: Query XML configuration files to extract specific settings.

Using our XPath online tester is intuitive: paste your XML document in the XML input area, write your XPath expression in the query field, and the tool instantly evaluates the query, highlighting matching elements in the XML and displaying results below. Experiment with different XPath expressions to find the right selector. Use example queries to learn XPath syntax and capabilities.

The tool supports full XPath syntax including axes, predicates, and functions, provides real-time query evaluation and highlighting, displays matched elements and their content, and includes helpful error messages for invalid XPath. All testing is performed client-side in your browser, ensuring your XML data remains private and secure. The interactive feedback helps you quickly develop accurate XPath queries.