Function extractRegexResult

lib/core/common.py:3128–3150

Returns 'result' group value from a possible match with regex on a given content >>> extractRegexResult(r'a(?P [^g]+)g', 'abcdefg') 'bcdef' >>> extractRegexResult(r'a(?P [^g]+)g', 'ABCDEFG', re.I) 'BCDEF'

(regex, content, flags=0)

@cachedmethod
def extractRegexResult(regex, content, flags=0):
    """
    Returns 'result' group value from a possible match with regex on a given
    content

    >>> extractRegexResult(r'a(?P<result>[^g]+)g', 'abcdefg')
    'bcdef'
    >>> extractRegexResult(r'a(?P<result>[^g]+)g', 'ABCDEFG', re.I)
    'BCDEF'
    """

    retVal = None

    if regex and content and "?P<result>" in regex:
        if isinstance(content, six.binary_type) and isinstance(regex, six.text_type):
            regex = getBytes(regex)

        match = re.search(regex, content, flags)

        if match:
            retVal = match.group("result")

    return retVal

def extractTextTagContent(page):
    """