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response.xpath

response.xpath() selects parts of a Scrapy response with XPath. Use .get() to read the first match, and test expressions in the Scrapy shell before using them in a spider.

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Syntax

response.xpath(xpath)
scrapy shell <url>

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Source: Scrapy shell — Scrapy 2.19.0 documentation. Checked 2026-11-03.