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Micro function that gives xpath by element and elements by xpath.
function xpath(el) {
if (typeof el == "string") return document.evaluate(el, document, null, 0, null)
if (!el || el.nodeType != 1) return ''
if (el.id) return "//*[@id='" + el.id + "']"
var sames = [].filter.call(el.parentNode.children, function (x) { return x.tagName == el.tagName })
return xpath(el.parentNode) + '/' + el.tagName.toLowerCase() + (sames.length > 1 ? '['+([].indexOf.call(sames, el)+1)+']' : '')
}
// Usage:
// Getting xpath for node:
var xp = xpath(elementNode)
// Executing xpath:
var iterator = xpath("//h2")
var el = iterator.iterateNext();
while (el) {
// work with element...
el = iterator.iterateNext();
}
@brettsprads
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Works great! Thank you so much

ps: as xpath isn't truly unique, got any thoughts on making it unique?
I'm thinking something like... combining xpath + href + css selectors to make a unique generated ID etc.

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