element-xpath | Gets a consistent xpath for a single DOM element
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Gets a consistent xpath for a single DOM element.
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I have referenced several guides, but I'm still finding it difficult to wrap my head around this (Python newb):
- /docs.python.org/3.7/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html
- /effbot.org/zone/element-xpath.htm
The intent is to retrieve the zipcode text value; however, I haven't done this before and from referencing the guides, I want the output of the following xpath:
...ANSWER
Answered 2017-Aug-25 at 17:22You may need to know about xpath expressions.
I'm using the lxml library to parse a simpler xml hierarchy. I don't need to know what's above the zipcode
element because I can write an xpath expression that says, in effect, look anywhere from the top of the document for zipcode
elements (note, plural): .//zipcode
. This yields the element. Now that I have them, since I know there's just one, I select the 'first', get its text
and strip off leading and trailing blanks.
Providing that the name of the element remains unchanged ...
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