XPath query
Evaluate XPath 1.0 expressions against XML or XHTML. Return text values, attributes, counts, booleans, or serialized matching nodes.
About this tool
XPath query evaluates an XPath 1.0 expression against an XML or XHTML document and returns the matching values. Use it to extract element text, attribute values, filtered node sets, counts, booleans, and function results.
- Node-set queries:
//book/title,//a/@href, or//item[price < 10]return one line per match in document order. - Scalar expressions:
count(//book),name(/*), or//price > 100return a single number, string, or boolean. - Output mode: choose
valuefor each node's string value, orxmlto serialize matching nodes as outer XML.
Examples
//book/titleextracts all book titles.//a/@hrefextracts link targets from XHTML.count(//item)counts matching elements.//book[price < 10]/titlefilters with a predicate.
Scope and limitations
This is an XPath 1.0 evaluator for well-formed XML/XHTML. It is not a forgiving HTML parser; tidy malformed HTML before querying it. Namespace-heavy documents may need namespace-aware expressions that the current simple page UI does not configure separately.
Privacy
The browser version runs locally in WebAssembly, so your XML document and XPath expression stay on your device.
FAQ
Can I query a real-world HTML page with this?
Only if it's well-formed. The evaluator parses strict XML/XHTML — it is not a
forgiving HTML parser, so typical scraped HTML (unclosed <li>, bare <br>,
unquoted attributes) fails to parse. Run the page through an HTML tidier, or
use the html-to-markdown tool if you just want the content.
What's the difference between the "value" and "xml" output modes?
value (the default) prints each matched node's string value — the
concatenated text content, which for an attribute is just its value. xml
serializes the whole matching node as outer XML, including its tag and
attributes, with text properly re-escaped; an empty element comes out
self-closing.
Which XPath version and functions are supported?
XPath 1.0 — node-set paths with predicates, plus the 1.0 function library
(count(), name(), string(), comparisons returning booleans, and so on).
Scalar expressions return a single number, string, or boolean; XPath 2.0+
features such as matches() or sequences aren't available.
Why does my query return nothing on a namespaced document?
In XPath 1.0, an unprefixed name only matches elements in no namespace —
so //svg won't match <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">. The page
UI doesn't currently let you register namespace prefixes; a common workaround
is matching by local name, e.g. //*[local-name()='svg'].
Developer & Automation Access
Run it from the terminal
Same engine as this page, headless — via the gizza CLI:
gizza tool xpath-query "//book/title or count(//item)" 'xml=<catalog><book id="b1"><title>Rust</title></book></catalog>'New to the CLI? Get gizza →
Open it by URL
Pre-fill and auto-run this tool with query parameters — the names match the API/CLI:
https://gizza.ai/tools/xpath-query/?expression=%2F%2Fbook%2Ftitle%20or%20count%28%2F%2Fitem%29&xml=%3Ccatalog%3E%3Cbook%20id%3D%22b1%22%3E%3Ctitle%3ERust%3C%2Ftitle%3E%3C%2Fbook%3E%3C%2Fcatalog%3E&output=valueMachine-readable descriptor: tool.json — title + parameters JSON Schema for agents.