Xpath for text between tag with space in between after every tag change

Question

text is like

<tag>Head Office41-43 Ricketts Road<tag/> <tag>Mount Waverley, Melbourne<tag/>

iam getting result as

Head Office41-43 Ricketts RoadMount Waverley, Melbourne

but i want it as

Head Office41-43 Ricketts Road Mount Waverley, Melbourne

code i am using is

response.xpath('string(normalize-space(//*/text()[contains(normalize-space(), "{}")]/../..))'.format(marker))

where marker is the text.

so instead of RoadMount I want Road Mount

see the tag wrapped: enter image description here

this is the code iam using enter image description here

Granitosaurus · Answer 1 · 2022-01-21T12:22:27.993

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Your xpath is returning multiple values - all you have to do is join them with a separator:

xpath = 'string(normalize-space(//*/text()[contains(normalize-space(), "{}")]/../..))'.format(marker))
results = " ".join(response.xpath(xpath).getall())
#                                        ^^^^^^^^
# note: don't forget to use getall to retrieve all results
print(results)

edited Jan 21 '22 at 12:22

answered Jan 21 '22 at 10:09

Granitosaurus

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Sorry, but it is not working. – Tushar Deora Jan 21 '22 at 10:24
@TusharDeora What xpath client are you using? – Granitosaurus Jan 21 '22 at 10:35
iam using scrapy 2.5.0. i don't know how to see xpath client. i checked on internet but not getting any info. – Tushar Deora Jan 21 '22 at 10:45
@Grantitosauraus please see my new edit. – Tushar Deora Jan 21 '22 at 10:50
@TusharDeora ah, then you should use `getall()` to retrieve all results of your xpath query. See my edit. – Granitosaurus Jan 21 '22 at 12:22

Xpath for text between tag with space in between after every tag change

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