Appium · Schema

FindElementRequest

Request to find an element using a locator strategy

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Properties

Name Type Description
using string The element locator strategy
value string The selector value for the locator strategy
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JSON Schema

appium-server-find-element-request-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/appium/refs/heads/main/json-schema/appium-server-find-element-request-schema.json",
  "title": "FindElementRequest",
  "description": "Request to find an element using a locator strategy",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "using",
    "value"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "using": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The element locator strategy",
      "enum": [
        "accessibility id",
        "id",
        "xpath",
        "class name",
        "name",
        "css selector",
        "-android uiautomator",
        "-ios predicate string"
      ],
      "example": "accessibility id"
    },
    "value": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The selector value for the locator strategy",
      "example": "Login Button"
    }
  }
}

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