Note the form doesn't have an ID or class by which to directly reference it. Trying to access it like so: sublnk = page.xpath("//div[@id='app-#{code}']") If I call children() on that, it's empty. But the parent of this node works fine, and Nokogiri constructs its children properly, including containing the form as a child of "app-#{code}": sublnk = page.xpath("//div[@id='page-content']/div[@id='summary-section']").children Additionally, accessing the form directly via its index won't work either. It's the second form on the page, so I've tried: sublnk = page.xpath("//form[2]/@action") ...and still get nothing. It's as if this node just doesn't exist to Nokogiri, even though it clearly does when it's a child. So am I doing something wrong? How come //div[@id='app-#{code}] doesn't have any children? Is there a bug in Nokogiri which prevents it from accessing the form node? Why won't any xpath to the form work?!? Please help me stop banging my head on my desk. Thanks! -Alex