how to add web element into list in python

Question

In the below code I'm extracting emails id and storing in the list in python

chrome_driver_path = os.path.abspath('..')  + "\\Drivers\\chromedriver.exe"

driver=webdriver.Chrome(chrome_driver_path)
driver.maximize_window()
driver.get("http://www.airindia.in/contact-details.htm")
driver.implicitly_wait(3)

doc = driver.page_source

emails = re.findall(r'[\w\.-]+@[\w\.-]+', doc)
list_new = []
for email in emails:
    list_new.extend(str(email))
    #print(email)

print("total emails - ",len(list_new))

driver.quit()

print(list_new)

but getting the output as ['c', 'a', 'l', 'l', '.', 'd', 'e', 'l', '@', 'a', 'i', 'r', 'i', 'n']

I need output as ['call.del@airindia.in','airindiaretros.ai@iclployalty.com']

I'm new to selenium python

sample code with my console output https://github.com/venkywarriors619/selenium_with_python/blob/master/Python_basics/SeleniumWebDriver_Advanced/RegularExpression.py

What is the output of print("total emails - ",len(list_new)) Does it show one email address or many? — Watty62, May 23 '18 at 07:43
https://github.com/venkywarriors619/selenium_with_python/blob/master/Python_basics/SeleniumWebDriver_Advanced/RegularExpression.py — venkatesh, May 23 '18 at 07:48

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '18 at 07:42

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Use list.append() to append elements to a list.

Use list.extend() to append a bunch of elements (from a list of elements) to a list

answered May 23 '18 at 07:42

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Austin · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-23T07:50:15.220

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Change

list_new.extend(str(email))

To:

list_new.append(str(email))

append adds its argument as a single element to the end of a list. The length of the list itself will increase by one.

extend iterates over its argument adding each element to the list, extending the list.

This post might help you.

edited May 23 '18 at 07:50

answered May 23 '18 at 07:44

Austin

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 23 '18 at 07:44

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You should not use regex for this purpose. Simply try below to get list of emails:

emails = [email.text for email in driver.find_elements_by_class_name('linkText') if "@" in email.text]

answered May 23 '18 at 07:44

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Superluminal · Answer 4 · 2018-05-23T07:53:32.097

Extends() should become a list of elements as an input. That is why python threats your String as a list of characters and appends every single one to the list.

You should use append(). I takes one element and appends it on the end of a list.

Also I can recommend you to update your re pattern. I am using this one:

re_pattern = r'[\w\.-]+@[\w\.-]+\.[\w\.]+'

But take a look at "Email Address Regular Expression That 99.99% Works"

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 23 '18 at 07:47

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You use list.extend() which treats the string as a list of chars. Use list.append() instead to append the string as a single object.

answered May 23 '18 at 07:47

Syntaxén

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