I used this string to find an element:
cy.xpath('//*[text()="search ${keyword}")]')
And when I run my test, it shows me the right result in console but also it shows me this error:
Failed to execute 'evaluate' on 'Document': The string
'//*[text()="search ${keyword}")]'is not a valid XPath expression.
I used contains and it works. there is an icon in my XPath and it couldn't find just the text.
cy.xpath(`//*[contains(text(), 'search ${keyword}')]`)
The actual syntax error is due to an extraneous ):
cy.xpath('//*[text()="search ${keyword}")]')
^
Delete that character to eliminate the syntax error.
Your solution,
cy.xpath(`//*[contains(text(), 'search ${keyword}')]`)
doesn't do what you likely think it does. (It's only checking for substrings within the first text() node child of every element.) For full details, see this extensive explanation.
Instead, use
cy.xpath(`//*[text()[contains(., 'search ${keyword}')]]`)
or the other variation shown in the linked explanation per your requirements.