Python find tag in XML using wildcard

Question

I have this line in my python script:

url = tree.find("//video/products/product/read_only_info/read_only_value[@key='storeURL-GB']")

but sometimes the storeURL-GB key changes the last two country code letters, so I am trying to use something like this, but it doesn't work:

url = tree.find("//video/products/product/read_only_info/read_only_value[@key='storeURL-\.*']")

Any suggestions please?

Answer 1

You should probably try .xpath() and starts-with():

urls = tree.xpath("//video/products/product/read_only_info/read_only_value[starts-with(@key, 'storeURL-')]")
if urls:
    url = urls[0]