Get all text in an lxml node
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I am using the following approach to print all the text (not html, but actual text contained) within an element node:
''.join(node.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].itertext())
Is there a cleaner approach to doing this?
python lxml
asked Nov 7 at 18:51
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I am using the following approach to print all the text (not html, but actual text contained) within an element node:
''.join(node.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].itertext())
Is there a cleaner approach to doing this?
python lxml
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You can also trynode.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].text_content()
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I am using the following approach to print all the text (not html, but actual text contained) within an element node:
''.join(node.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].itertext())
Is there a cleaner approach to doing this?
python lxml
asked Nov 7 at 18:51
David542
32.3k89245446
I am using the following approach to print all the text (not html, but actual text contained) within an element node:
''.join(node.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].itertext())
Is there a cleaner approach to doing this?
python lxml
python lxml
asked Nov 7 at 18:51
David542
32.3k89245446
asked Nov 7 at 18:51
David542
32.3k89245446
asked Nov 7 at 18:51
David542
32.3k89245446
asked Nov 7 at 18:51
David542
32.3k89245446
asked Nov 7 at 18:51
David542
32.3k89245446
32.3k89245446
You can also trynode.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].text_content()
– Andersson
Nov 8 at 12:35
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You can also trynode.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].text_content()
– Andersson
Nov 8 at 12:35
You can also try
node.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].text_content()– Andersson
Nov 8 at 12:35
You can also try
node.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].text_content()– Andersson
Nov 8 at 12:35
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You could use XPath's string() function.
If you have large chunks of whitespace from mixed content, you could use XPath's normalize-space() function.
Example of all three (yours and my two)...
Python
from lxml import etree
xml = """<doc>
<div class="title_wrapper">Some text. Some <span>more</span> text.
<span>Even <span>m<span>o</span>re</span> text!</span>
</div>
</doc>"""
tree = etree.fromstring(xml)
print(''.join(tree.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].itertext()))
print(tree.xpath('string(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
print(tree.xpath('normalize-space(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
Output
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text. Even more text!
answered Nov 7 at 19:55
Daniel Haley
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1 Answer
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active
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up vote
1
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You could use XPath's string() function.
If you have large chunks of whitespace from mixed content, you could use XPath's normalize-space() function.
Example of all three (yours and my two)...
Python
from lxml import etree
xml = """<doc>
<div class="title_wrapper">Some text. Some <span>more</span> text.
<span>Even <span>m<span>o</span>re</span> text!</span>
</div>
</doc>"""
tree = etree.fromstring(xml)
print(''.join(tree.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].itertext()))
print(tree.xpath('string(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
print(tree.xpath('normalize-space(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
Output
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text. Even more text!
answered Nov 7 at 19:55
Daniel Haley
38.3k45180
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
You could use XPath's string() function.
If you have large chunks of whitespace from mixed content, you could use XPath's normalize-space() function.
Example of all three (yours and my two)...
Python
from lxml import etree
xml = """<doc>
<div class="title_wrapper">Some text. Some <span>more</span> text.
<span>Even <span>m<span>o</span>re</span> text!</span>
</div>
</doc>"""
tree = etree.fromstring(xml)
print(''.join(tree.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].itertext()))
print(tree.xpath('string(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
print(tree.xpath('normalize-space(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
Output
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text. Even more text!
answered Nov 7 at 19:55
Daniel Haley
38.3k45180
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
You could use XPath's string() function.
If you have large chunks of whitespace from mixed content, you could use XPath's normalize-space() function.
Example of all three (yours and my two)...
Python
from lxml import etree
xml = """<doc>
<div class="title_wrapper">Some text. Some <span>more</span> text.
<span>Even <span>m<span>o</span>re</span> text!</span>
</div>
</doc>"""
tree = etree.fromstring(xml)
print(''.join(tree.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].itertext()))
print(tree.xpath('string(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
print(tree.xpath('normalize-space(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
Output
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text. Even more text!
answered Nov 7 at 19:55
Daniel Haley
38.3k45180
You could use XPath's string() function.
If you have large chunks of whitespace from mixed content, you could use XPath's normalize-space() function.
Example of all three (yours and my two)...
Python
from lxml import etree
xml = """<doc>
<div class="title_wrapper">Some text. Some <span>more</span> text.
<span>Even <span>m<span>o</span>re</span> text!</span>
</div>
</doc>"""
tree = etree.fromstring(xml)
print(''.join(tree.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].itertext()))
print(tree.xpath('string(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
print(tree.xpath('normalize-space(//div[@class="title_wrapper"])'))
Output
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text.
Even more text!
Some text. Some more text. Even more text!
answered Nov 7 at 19:55
Daniel Haley
38.3k45180
answered Nov 7 at 19:55
Daniel Haley
38.3k45180
answered Nov 7 at 19:55
Daniel Haley
38.3k45180
answered Nov 7 at 19:55
Daniel Haley
38.3k45180
38.3k45180
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node.xpath('//div[@class="title_wrapper"]')[0].text_content()– Andersson
Nov 8 at 12:35