Getting two lists using Xpath that are both contained in the same container - xpath

Question

In the code sample below I'm looking to extract, using Xpath inside of Scrapy, first from list 1 and then from list 2. Some items may be linked out while others are just items in the list. What I need is two strings (or lists) one for List 1 and one for List 2
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12 no-padding-xs">
<h3 class="text-primary gutter-xs">List 1</h3>
<div class="well well-sm">
Miniature, Mustang, Paint Pony, Pinto, Pony, POA, Quarter Pony, Shetland Pony, Spanish Mustang
</div>
<h3 class="text-primary gutter-xs">List 2</h3>
<div class="well well-sm">
All Around, Driving, Halter, Lesson, Natural Horsemanship, Show, Trail Riding, Western Pleasure, Western Riding, Youth, Champion Trainer, POA Ponies for Sale, Newaygo County, Horse Boarding, Equestrian Coaching, Michigan, Riding Lessons, Horse Lea
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

Not sure that I understood you properly, but you can try:
from w3lib.html import remove_tags
for list_text in ['List 1', 'List 2']:
div_data = response.xpath('//h3[text()="{}"]/following-sibling::div[1]'.format(list_text)).get()
if not div_data:
continue
print [remove_tags(i).strip() for i in div_data.split(',')]
Or if you want just strings:
for list_text in ['List 1', 'List 2']:
div_data = response.xpath('//h3[text()="{}"]/following-sibling::div[1]'.format(list_text)).get()
if not div_data:
continue
print remove_tags(div_data)