How to use contains() in Xpath selectors

[Kurt Peek]

Dear Scrapy community,

I’m trying to scrape web pages such as http://www.funda.nl/koop/amsterdam/huis-49826458-buiksloterdijk-270/ which contain a <dt> element containing the text “Vraagprijs” (=”listing price” in Dutch). If I 

scrapy shell http://www.funda.nl/koop/amsterdam/huis-49826458-buiksloterdijk-270/

and then

In [1]: response.xpath('//dt')

Out[1]: 

[<Selector xpath='//dt' data=u'<dt>Vraagprijs</dt>'>,

 <Selector xpath='//dt' data=u'<dt>Aangeboden sinds</dt>'>,

 <Selector xpath='//dt' data=u'<dt>Status</dt>'>,

I get several matches (only the first few are shown). Suppose I want to select the one with "Vraagprijs" inside. I've tried

response.xpath('//dt[contains(.//text(),'Vraagprijs')]')

but I get an error message SyntaxError: invalid syntax. Any ideas what is going wrong?

Best,

Kurt

[Luis Miguel Morillas]

response.xpath('//dt[contains(.//text(),"Vraagprijs")]')

Saludos,

-- luismiguel (@lmorillas)

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