Issue with Exception: 'str' object has no attribute '__name__'

[burndjee]

I am fairly new to Changedetection and Xpath but have it all running now. However, I run into an issue that I really cannot solve myself now. For example, with Plaintext/HTTP Client:

URL: https://www.bing.com/search?q=Nieuwstraat+75%20a+Groningen
Xpath Filter: xpath: if (count(//a[matches(.,'x', 'i')]) >0 ) then "Yes it exists!" else "no sorry not here"

returns: Exception: 'str' object has no attribute 'name'

I tried xpath 1.0 (which was recommended as a workaround in another discussion), which works in general, but unfortunately does not support the If statement as far as I know. Changing the text in the filter (" x") or modifying the URL in some occasions suddenly solves the issue... For example, the following (shorter) url works "https://www.bing.com/search?q=Nieuwstraat"

This makes it really confusing for me. Any thoughts?

[dgtlmoon]

xpath: if (count(//a[matches(., 'x', 'i')]) > 0) then "Yes" else "No"

is testing whether there is at least one element in the document whose text content matches the case-insensitive pattern 'x'.

try this

filter is - xpath: if (count(//a[matches(., 'Appartement verkocht', 'i')]) > 0) then "Yes" else "No"

I dont know why yours doesnt work... some weird space in there?

[burndjee]

I have tested your Xpath. It works with " https://bing.com/search?q=Noorderbi" but not with "https://bing.com/search?q=Noorderbin" (note the last "n" in the URL). Same error.