Fixed bug with cached values

joeyism · Mar 9, 2021 · e988acf · e988acf
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diff --git a/linkedin_scraper/__init__.py b/linkedin_scraper/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from .objects import Institution, Experience, Education, Contact
 from .company import Company
 
-__version__ = "2.7.4"
+__version__ = "2.7.5"
 
 import glob
 modules = glob.glob(dirname(__file__)+"/*.py")

diff --git a/linkedin_scraper/person.py b/linkedin_scraper/person.py
@@ -15,28 +15,28 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         linkedin_url=None,
         name=None,
-        about=[],
-        experiences=[],
-        educations=[],
-        interests=[],
-        accomplishments=[],
+        about=None,
+        experiences=None,
+        educations=None,
+        interests=None,
+        accomplishments=None,
         company=None,
         job_title=None,
-        contacts=[],
+        contacts=None,
         driver=None,
         get=True,
         scrape=True,
         close_on_complete=True,
     ):
         self.linkedin_url = linkedin_url
         self.name = name
-        self.about = about
-        self.experiences = experiences
-        self.educations = educations
-        self.interests = interests
-        self.accomplishments = accomplishments
+        self.about = about or []
+        self.experiences = experiences or []
+        self.educations = educations or []
+        self.interests = interests or []
+        self.accomplishments = accomplishments or []
         self.also_viewed_urls = []
-        self.contacts = contacts
+        self.contacts = contacts or []
 
         if driver is None:
             try:
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ def add_contact(self, contact):
         self.contacts.append(contact)
 
     def scrape(self, close_on_complete=True):
-
         if self.is_signed_in():
             self.scrape_logged_in(close_on_complete=close_on_complete)
         else:
@@ -104,9 +103,7 @@ def scrape_logged_in(self, close_on_complete=True):
         duration = None
 
         root = driver.find_element_by_class_name(self.__TOP_CARD)
-        self.name = root.find_elements_by_xpath("//section/div/div/div/*/li")[
-            0
-        ].text.strip()
+        self.name = root.find_elements_by_xpath("//section/div/div/div/*/li")[0].text.strip()
 
         # get about
         try:
@@ -329,7 +326,6 @@ def scrape_not_logged_in(self, close_on_complete=True, retry_limit=10):
             exp = driver.find_element_by_class_name("experience")
         except:
             exp = None
-        import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
 
         if exp is not None:
             for position in exp.find_elements_by_class_name(