python - Pandas: append dataframe to another df

Question

I have a problem with appending of dataframe. I try to execute this code

df_all = pd.read_csv('data.csv', error_bad_lines=False, chunksize=1000000)
urls = pd.read_excel('url_june.xlsx')
substr = urls.url.values.tolist()
df_res = pd.DataFrame()
for df in df_all:
    for i in substr:
        res = df[df['url'].str.contains(i)]
        df_res.append(res)

And when I try to save df_res I get empty dataframe. df_all looks like

ID,"url","used_at","active_seconds"
b20f9412f914ad83b6611d69dbe3b2b4,"mobiguru.ru/phones/apple/comp/32gb/apple_iphone_5s.html",2015-10-01 00:00:25,1
b20f9412f914ad83b6611d69dbe3b2b4,"mobiguru.ru/phones/apple/comp/32gb/apple_iphone_5s.html",2015-10-01 00:00:31,30
f85ce4b2f8787d48edc8612b2ccaca83,"4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=634566&view=getnewpost",2015-10-01 00:01:49,2
d3b0ef7d85dbb4dbb75e8a5950bad225,"shop.mts.ru/smartfony/mts/smartfon-smart-sprint-4g-sim-lock-white.html?utm_source=admitad&utm_medium=cpa&utm_content=300&utm_campaign=gde_cpa&uid=3",2015-10-01 00:03:19,34
078d388438ebf1d4142808f58fb66c87,"market.yandex.ru/product/12675734/spec?hid=91491&track=char",2015-10-01 00:03:48,2
d3b0ef7d85dbb4dbb75e8a5950bad225,"avito.ru/yoshkar-ola/telefony/mts",2015-10-01 00:04:21,4
d3b0ef7d85dbb4dbb75e8a5950bad225,"shoppingcart.aliexpress.com/order/confirm_order",2015-10-01 00:04:25,1
d3b0ef7d85dbb4dbb75e8a5950bad225,"shoppingcart.aliexpress.com/order/confirm_order",2015-10-01 00:04:26,9

and urls looks like

url
shoppingcart.aliexpress.com/order/confirm_order
ozon.ru/?context=order_done&number=
lk.wildberries.ru/basket/orderconfirmed
lamoda.ru/checkout/onepage/success/quick
mvideo.ru/confirmation?_requestid=
eldorado.ru/personal/order.php?step=confirm

When I print res in a loop it doesn't empty. But when I try print in a loop df_res after append, it return empty dataframe. I can't find my error. How can I fix it?

Answer 1

If you look at the documentation for pd.DataFrame.append

Append rows of other to the end of this frame, returning a new object. Columns not in this frame are added as new columns.

(emphasis mine).

Try

df_res = df_res.append(res)

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Incidentally, note that pandas isn't that efficient for creating a DataFrame by successive concatenations. You might try this, instead:

all_res = []
for df in df_all:
    for i in substr:
        res = df[df['url'].str.contains(i)]
        all_res.append(res)

df_res = pd.concat(all_res)

This first creates a list of all the parts, then creates a DataFrame from all of them once at the end.