# Only one xpath result **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** plugin-dev\ **Created:** [December 30, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270 "2009-12-30T21:47:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Veld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@David\_Veld](https://forums.plex.tv/u/David_Veld)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/1 "2009-12-30T21:47:36Z")
Hi, The code below works fine in plex, the only problem is that only one result is shown in plex after I parse the content from [break.com](http://break.com) into plex. How is it possible that only one items shows up instead of all the twelve items that are available on the website? ```auto # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from PMS import *
from PMS.Objects import *
from PMS.Shortcuts import *

VIDEO_TITLE = 'Break.com'
VIDEO_PREFIX = '/video/break'
BREAK_ROOT = 'http://www.break.com'
BREAK_NEWEST = 'http://www.break.com/videos/newest/'
BREAK_MVDAILY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-viewed-daily/'
BREAK_MVWEEKLY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-viewed-weekly/'
BREAK_MVMONTHLY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-viewed-monthly/'
BREAK_MVALLTIME = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-viewed/'
BREAK_TRDAILY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/top-rated-daily/'
BREAK_TRWEEKLY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/top-rated-weekly/'
BREAK_TRMONTHLY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/top-rated-monthly/'
BREAK_TRALLTIME = 'http://www.break.com/videos/top-rated/'
BREAK_MDDAILY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-discussed-daily/'
BREAK_MDWEEKLY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-discussed-weekly/'
BREAK_MDMONTHLY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-discussed-monthly/'
BREAK_MDALLTIME = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-discussed/'
BREAK_MSDAILY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-shared-daily/'
BREAK_MSWEEKLY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-shared-weekly/'
BREAK_MSMONTHLY = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-shared-monthly/'
BREAK_MSALLTIME = 'http://www.break.com/videos/most-shared/'

XPATH_VIDEOS = "//div[@class='cat-cnt-item-th']"

ART = 'art-back.png'
ICON = 'icon-main.png'


####################################################################################################

def Start():

Plugin.AddPrefixHandler(VIDEO_PREFIX, MainMenu, "Break.com", ICON, ART)

Plugin.AddViewGroup("InfoList", viewMode="InfoList", mediaType="items")
Plugin.AddViewGroup("List", viewMode="List", mediaType="items")

MediaContainer.art = R('art-default.png')
MediaContainer.title1 = "BREAK Videos"
DirectoryItem.thumb = R('icon-default.png')

####################################################################################################

def MainMenu():

dir = MediaContainer(viewGroup="InfoList")

dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Newest",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_NEWEST))

dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Viewed - Daily",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MVDAILY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Viewed - Weekly",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MVWEEKLY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Viewed - Monthly",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MVMONTHLY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Viewed - All Time",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MVALLTIME))

dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Top Rated - Daily",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_TRDAILY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Top Rated - Weekly",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_TRWEEKLY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Top Rated - Monthly",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_TRMONTHLY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Top Rated - All Time",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_TRALLTIME))

dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Discussed - Daily",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MDDAILY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Discussed - Weekly",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MDWEEKLY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Discussed - Monthly",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MDMONTHLY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Discussed - All Time",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MDALLTIME))

dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Shared - Daily",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MSDAILY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Shared - Weekly",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MSWEEKLY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Shared - Monthly",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MSMONTHLY))
dir.Append(Function(DirectoryItem(Video, "Most Shared - All Time",thumb=R(ICON),art=R(ART)), url=BREAK_MSALLTIME))

return dir

####################################################################################################

def Video(sender, url):

dir = MediaContainer(title3=sender.itemTitle, art=R(ART), viewGroup="InfoList")

videos = XML.ElementFromURL(url, isHTML=True, errors='ignore').xpath(XPATH_VIDEOS)
for content in videos:
title = content.xpath("./a/span")[0].text
thumb = content.xpath("./a/img")[0].get('src')
summary = content.xpath("./a")[0].get('title')
for content2 in videos:
url = content.xpath("./a")[0].get('href')
dir.Append(Function(VideoItem(PlayVideo, title=title, summary=summary, thumb=thumb), url=url))

return dir

####################################################################################################

def PlayVideo(sender, url):

......
``` ---
**Author:** ![jwray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jwray/32/99832_2.png) [@jwray](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jwray)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/2 "2009-12-30T21:57:56Z")
Hi, This is your issue: ```auto
for content in videos:
title = content.xpath("./a/span")[0].text
thumb = content.xpath("./a/img")[0].get('src')
summary = content.xpath("./a")[0].get('title')
for content2 in videos:
url = content.xpath("./a")[0].get('href')
dir.Append(Function(VideoItem(PlayVideo, title=title, summary=summary, thumb=thumb), url=url))
``` Not exactly sure what you are trying to do but the last line, which adds video items to the directory, is not inside the loop. It will only be executed once with last values populated. Indent it to the correct position to get it inside the loop block. As a second point, what is the point of the second loop? Don't you want: ```auto
for content in videos:
title = content.xpath("./a/span")[0].text
thumb = content.xpath("./a/img")[0].get('src')
summary = content.xpath("./a")[0].get('title')
url = content.xpath("./a")[0].get('href')
dir.Append(Function(VideoItem(PlayVideo, title=title, summary=summary, thumb=thumb), url=url))
``` ---
**Author:** ![David\_Veld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@David\_Veld](https://forums.plex.tv/u/David_Veld)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/3 "2009-12-30T22:11:33Z")
Thanks for the tip, it worked and I also removed the second loop (I did the second loop because first it would not pick up the fourth xpath in one loop, but now it does). It is all pretty new to me but I am starting to understand it. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Veld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@David\_Veld](https://forums.plex.tv/u/David_Veld)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/4 "2009-12-30T23:03:45Z")
As a last thing. I tried as a test to play a video item but plex keeps saying that it cannot read from the url, what is it? ```auto def Video(sender, url):

dir = MediaContainer(title3=sender.itemTitle, art=R(ART), viewGroup="InfoList")

videos = XML.ElementFromURL(url, isHTML=True, errors='ignore').xpath(XPATH_VIDEOS)
for content in videos:
title = content.xpath("./a/span")[0].text
thumb = content.xpath("./a/img")[0].get('src')
summary = content.xpath("./a")[0].get('title')
url = content.xpath("./a")[0].get('href')
dir.Append(Function(VideoItem(PlayVideo, title=title, summary=summary, thumb=thumb), url=url))

return dir

####################################################################################################

def PlayVideo(sender):

dir.Append(Function(VideoItem("http://video1.break.com/dnet/media/2009/12/christmas-carol-of-the-bells-with-dominoes_3.mp4", title="Test"))) ``` ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/5 "2009-12-30T23:10:00Z")
If you know the path the URL of the video, you don’t need a Function, you can just add it directly like this: ```auto
dir.Append(VideoItem(url, title=title, summary=summary, thumb=thumb))
``` ---
**Author:** ![David\_Veld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@David\_Veld](https://forums.plex.tv/u/David_Veld)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/6 "2009-12-30T23:11:54Z")
Yes i tried that also but it did not work either. ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/7 "2009-12-30T23:14:20Z")
Can you be specific about how it failed? For example, can you paste the resulting XML from the directory in here? I recommend running the Media Server from the Terminal to watch output, and turning on debug logging in Plex. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Veld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@David\_Veld](https://forums.plex.tv/u/David_Veld)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/8 "2009-12-30T23:16:46Z")
In plex it say: “Could not read input stream” and below is the log output: 00:14:18.699190: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Bundle verification complete 00:14:18.737557: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Debugging is enabled 00:14:18.737611: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Default encoding is utf-8 00:14:18.738608: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Loaded en strings 00:14:18.739386: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Loaded en-us strings 00:14:18.739419: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Configured framework modules 00:14:18.746745: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Imported plug-in module 00:14:18.752352: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Loaded shared resource named ‘trust.json’ 00:14:18.753347: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) WARNING: Non-code file named ‘.DS\_Store’ found inside the Code directory. Future framework versions will abort at this point. 00:14:18.762219: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Checked module imports 00:14:18.769740: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Loaded the dictionary file 00:14:18.796597: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Loaded HTTP cookies 00:14:19.012401: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Loaded HTTP cache 00:14:19.012453: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Initialized framework modules 00:14:19.012480: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Attempting to start the plug-in… 00:14:19.012518: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Added a handler for prefix ‘/video/break’ 00:14:19.236273: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Added a view group named ‘InfoList’ 00:14:19.237629: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Added a view group named ‘List’ 00:14:19.238401: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Plug-in started 00:14:19.251124: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Entering run loop 00:14:19.251664: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Handling request : /:/prefixes 00:14:19.252072: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Resource named ‘icon-main.png’ of type ‘image/png’ was made public. 00:14:19.252345: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Resource named ‘art-back.png’ of type ‘image/png’ was made public. 00:14:19.252443: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Response OK 00:14:23.110365: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Couldn’t find nl strings 00:14:23.110502: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Handling request : /video/break 00:14:23.113078: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Response OK 00:14:23.990195: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Handling request : /video/break/:/function/Video/KGRwMApTJ3VybCcKcDEKUydodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJyZWFrLmNvbS92aWRlb3MvbmV3ZXN0LycKcDIKc1Mnc2VuZGVyJwpwMwpjY29weV9yZWcKX3JlY29uc3RydWN0b3IKcDQKKGNQTVMuT2JqZWN0cwpJdGVtSW5mb1JlY29yZApwNQpjX19idWlsdGluX18Kb2JqZWN0CnA2Ck50cDcKUnA4CihkcDkKUydpdGVtVGl0bGUnCnAxMApTJ05ld2VzdCcKcDExCnNTJ3RpdGxlMScKcDEyClMnQlJFQUsgVmlkZW9zJwpwMTMKc1MndGl0bGUyJwpwMTQKTnNTJ2FydCcKcDE1Ck5zYnMu 00:14:23.991351: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Calling named function ‘Video’ 00:14:24.481798: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Received response from [http://www.break.com/videos/newest/](http://www.break.com/videos/newest/) 00:14:24.493911: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Response OK 00:14:25.005512: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Handling request : /video/break/: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 00:14:25.005868: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Calling named function ‘PlayVideo’ 00:14:25.006014: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) An exception happened: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/Users/davidvanineveld/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/1/Python/PMS/Plugin.py”, line 640, in \_\_call return function(\*args, \*\*kwargs) TypeError: PlayVideo() got an unexpected keyword argument ‘url’ 00:14:25.006083: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Request not handled by plug-in 00:14:27.724902: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Handling request : /video/break/: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 00:14:27.725292: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Calling named function ‘PlayVideo’ 00:14:27.725476: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) An exception happened: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/Users/davidvanineveld/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resources/Versions/1/Python/PMS/Plugin.py”, line 640, in \_\_call return function(\*args, \*\*kwargs) TypeError: PlayVideo() got an unexpected keyword argument ‘url’ 00:14:27.725552: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Request not handled by plug-in 00:14:29.483283: com.plexapp.plugins.break : (Framework) Saved shared HTTP data ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/9 "2009-12-30T23:19:05Z")
You’re still using the Function, which isn’t working b/c you’re trying to pass a url argument to it. The function would need to look like this: ```auto
def PlayVideo(sender, url):
return Redirect(url)
``` But this is really just evidence that you don't need the function in the first place :-) ---
**Author:** ![David\_Veld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@David\_Veld](https://forums.plex.tv/u/David_Veld)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/10 "2009-12-30T23:36:57Z")
Ok, I understand what you say I think, but as a matter of taking small steps I would like to play a predefined video in plex after i scrolled through the generated video list in plex. Later I will create a function that will read the url from the website and then play the video. So I thought that I could define the url of the video and then play it, but that does not work. So how can I play the predefined url in plex within that function, so that, that url plays after each item i click in the generated list in plex. In this way i can understand the working of it better. ---
**Author:** ![jwray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jwray/32/99832_2.png) [@jwray](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jwray)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/11 "2009-12-30T23:40:18Z")
Fine approach. ```auto
def PlayVideo(sender):
dir.Append(Function(VideoItem("http://video1.break.com/dnet/media/2009/12/christmas-carol-of-the-bells-with-dominoes_3.mp4", title="Test")))
``` needs to be ```auto
def PlayVideo(sender, url):

return Redirect("http://video1.break.com/dnet/media/2009/12/christmas-carol-of-the-bells-with-dominoes_3.mp4")
``` and then PlayVideo needs to be changed to parse the page at the end of url and extract the video link. > [@](#): > > Ok, I understand what you say I think, but as a matter of taking small steps I would like to play a predefined video in plex after i scrolled through the generated video list in plex. Later I will create a function that will read the url from the website and then play the video. So I thought that I could define the url of the video and then play it, but that does not work. So how can I play the predefined url in plex within that function, so that, that url plays after each item i click in the generated list in plex. > > In this way i can understand the working of it better. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Veld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@David\_Veld](https://forums.plex.tv/u/David_Veld)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/12 "2009-12-30T23:50:06Z")
Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![jwray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jwray/32/99832_2.png) [@jwray](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jwray)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/13 "2009-12-30T23:52:51Z")
No problem. The days of trying to figure out python (I still dislike indents for block demarcation), Plex, video formats, xpath, etc. at the same time are still fresh in my mind. Once you have the basic concepts down, which your example already has, the rest is pretty straightforward. > [@](#): > > Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/only-one-xpath-result/3270/14 "2019-12-20T20:34:42Z")
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