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I'm trying to get all data from a website called Correios, in this website, I need to handle some dropdowns wich i'm having some issues like:
It's returning a list with a bunch of empty strings.
That's my code:

chrome_path = r"C:UsersGustavoDesktopgeckodriverchromedriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_path)
lista_x =
driver.get("http://www2.correios.com.br/sistemas/agencias/")
driver.maximize_window()

dropdownEstados = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("""//*[@id="estadoAgencia"]""")

optEstados = driver.find_elements_by_tag_name("option")

for valores in optEstados:
print(valores.text.encode())


And what i get from that is:

b''
b'ACRE'
b'ALAGOAS'
b'AMAPxc3x81'
b'AMAZONAS'
b'BAHIA'
b'CEARxc3x81'
b'DISTRITO FEDERAL'
b'ESPxc3x8dRITO SANTO'
b'GOIxc3x81S'
b'MARANHxc3x83O'
b'MINAS GERAIS'
b'MATO GROSSO DO SUL'
b'MATO GROSSO'
b'PARxc3x81'
b'PARAxc3x8dBA'
b'PERNAMBUCO'
b'PIAUxc3x8d'
b'PARANxc3x81'
b'RIO DE JANEIRO'
b'RIO GRANDE DO NORTE'
b'RONDxc3x94NIA'
b'RORAIMA'
b'RIO GRANDE DO SUL'
b'SANTA CATARINA'
b'SERGIPE'
b'Sxc3x83O PAULO'
b'TOCANTINS'
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''
b''


How can I remove the empty b" "?

2 Answers
2

If I right understand, you want to locate all this options.

Try this xPath to lacotae the dropdown elements:

//*[@id="estadoAgencia"]/option


The code sample:

chrome_path = r"C:UsersGustavoDesktopgeckodriverchromedriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_path)
lista_x =
driver.get("http://www2.correios.com.br/sistemas/agencias/")
driver.maximize_window()

dropdownEstados = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[@id='estadoAgencia']")

# find elements in dropdown
optEstados = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[@id='estadoAgencia']/option")

for valores in optEstados:
print(valores.text.encode())


Via this xPath you will get all dropdown elements, without empty strings except one, which is in this dropdown. Output:

b''
b'ACRE'
b'ALAGOAS'
b'AMAPxc3x81'
b'AMAZONAS'
b'BAHIA'
b'CEARxc3x81'
b'DISTRITO FEDERAL'
b'ESPxc3x8dRITO SANTO'
b'GOIxc3x81S'
b'MARANHxc3x83O'
b'MINAS GERAIS'
b'MATO GROSSO DO SUL'
b'MATO GROSSO'
b'PARxc3x81'
b'PARAxc3x8dBA'
b'PERNAMBUCO'
b'PIAUxc3x8d'
b'PARANxc3x81'
b'RIO DE JANEIRO'
b'RIO GRANDE DO NORTE'
b'RONDxc3x94NIA'
b'RORAIMA'
b'RIO GRANDE DO SUL'
b'SANTA CATARINA'
b'SERGIPE'
b'Sxc3x83O PAULO'
b'TOCANTINS'


Note: the first element is an empty string because of this:

There is a small change required in your code:

dropdownEstados = driver.find_element_by_xpath("""//*[@id="estadoAgencia"]""")
optEstados = dropdownEstados.find_elements_by_tag_name("option")

for valores in optEstados:
print(valores.text.encode())


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