util.py

import base64
import json
import os
import pathlib
import platform
import random
import re
import socket
import subprocess
import sys
import threading
from typing import Optional

import requests

CONST_FROM_TOP_TO_BOTTOM = "from top to bottom"
CONST_FROM_BOTTOM_TO_TOP = "from bottom to top"
CONST_CENTER = "center"
CONST_RANDOM = "random"

USER_AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"

def get_ip_address():
    gethostname = None
    try:
        gethostname = socket.gethostname()
    except Exception as exc:
        print("gethostname", exc)
        gethostname = None

    default_ip = "127.0.0.1"
    ip = default_ip

    check_public_ip = True    
    if "macos" in platform.platform().lower():
        if "arm64" in platform.platform().lower():
            check_public_ip = False

    if check_public_ip and not gethostname is None:
        try:
            ip = [l for l in ([ip for ip in socket.gethostbyname_ex(gethostname)[2]
                if not ip.startswith("127.")][:1], [[(s.connect(('8.8.8.8', 53)),
                s.getsockname()[0], s.close()) for s in [socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,
                socket.SOCK_DGRAM)]][0][1]]) if l][0][0]
        except Exception as exc:
            print("gethostbyname_ex", exc)
            ip = gethostname
    
    #print("get_ip_address:", ip)
    return ip

def is_connectable(port: int, host: Optional[str] = "localhost") -> bool:
    """Tries to connect to the server at port to see if it is running.

    :Args:
     - port - The port to connect.
    """
    socket_ = None
    _is_connectable_exceptions = (socket.error, ConnectionResetError)
    try:
        socket_ = socket.create_connection((host, port), 1)
        result = True
    except _is_connectable_exceptions:
        result = False
    finally:
        if socket_:
            socket_.close()
    return result

def remove_html_tags(text):
    ret = ""
    if not text is None:
        clean = re.compile('<.*?>')
        ret = re.sub(clean, '', text)
        ret = ret.strip()
    return ret

# common functions.
def find_between( s, first, last ):
    ret = ""
    try:
        start = s.index( first ) + len( first )
        end = s.index( last, start )
        ret = s[start:end]
    except ValueError:
        pass
    return ret

def sx(s1):
    key=18
    return ''.join(chr(ord(a) ^ key) for a in s1)

def decryptMe(b):
    s=""
    if(len(b)>0):
        s=sx(base64.b64decode(b).decode("UTF-8"))
    return s

def encryptMe(s):
    data=""
    if(len(s)>0):
        data=base64.b64encode(sx(s).encode('UTF-8')).decode("UTF-8")
    return data

def is_arm():
    ret = False
    if "-arm" in platform.platform():
        ret = True
    return ret

def get_app_root():
    app_root = ""
    if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
        basis = sys.executable
        app_root = os.path.dirname(basis)
    else:
        app_root = os.getcwd()
    return app_root


def format_config_keyword_for_json(user_input):
    if len(user_input) > 0:
        if not ('\"' in user_input):
            user_input = '"' + user_input + '"'

        if user_input[:1]=="{" and user_input[-1:]=="}":
            tmp_json = {}
            try:
                tmp_json = json.loads(user_input)
                key=list(tmp_json.keys())[0]
                first_item=tmp_json[key]
                user_input=json.dumps(first_item)
            except Exception as exc:
                pass

        if user_input[:1]=="[" and user_input[-1:]=="]":
            user_input=user_input[1:]
            user_input=user_input[:-1]
    return user_input

def is_text_match_keyword(keyword_string, text):
    is_match_keyword = True
    if len(keyword_string) > 0 and len(text) > 0:

        # directly input text into arrray field.
        if len(keyword_string) > 0:
            if not '"' in keyword_string:
                keyword_string = '"' + keyword_string + '"'
        
        is_match_keyword = False
        keyword_array = []
        try:
            keyword_array = json.loads("["+ keyword_string +"]")
        except Exception as exc:
            keyword_array = []
        for item_list in keyword_array:
            if len(item_list) > 0:
                if ' ' in item_list:
                    keyword_item_array = item_list.split(' ')
                    is_match_all = True
                    for each_item in keyword_item_array:
                        if not each_item in text:
                            is_match_all = False
                    if is_match_all:
                        is_match_keyword = True
                else:
                    if item_list in text:
                        is_match_keyword = True
            else:
                is_match_keyword = True
            if is_match_keyword:
                break
    return is_match_keyword

def save_json(config_dict, target_path):
    json_str = json.dumps(config_dict, indent=4)
    try:
        with open(target_path, 'w') as outfile:
            outfile.write(json_str)
    except Exception as e:
        pass

def write_string_to_file(filename, data):
    outfile = None
    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
        outfile = open(filename, 'w', encoding='UTF-8')
    else:
        outfile = open(filename, 'w')

    if not outfile is None:
        outfile.write("%s" % data)

def save_url_to_file(remote_url, CONST_MAXBOT_ANSWER_ONLINE_FILE, force_write = False, timeout=0.5):
    html_text = ""
    if len(remote_url) > 0:
        html_result = None
        try:
            html_result = requests.get(remote_url , timeout=timeout, allow_redirects=False)
        except Exception as exc:
            html_result = None
            #print(exc)
        if not html_result is None:
            status_code = html_result.status_code
            #print("status_code:", status_code)
            if status_code == 200:
                html_text = html_result.text
                #print("html_text:", html_text)

    is_write_to_file = False
    if force_write:
        is_write_to_file = True
    if len(html_text) > 0:
        is_write_to_file = True

    if is_write_to_file:
        html_text = format_config_keyword_for_json(html_text)
        working_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
        target_path = os.path.join(working_dir, CONST_MAXBOT_ANSWER_ONLINE_FILE)
        write_string_to_file(target_path, html_text)
    return is_write_to_file


def play_mp3_async(sound_filename):
    threading.Thread(target=play_mp3, args=(sound_filename,)).start()

def play_mp3(sound_filename):
    from playsound import playsound
    try:
        playsound(sound_filename)
    except Exception as exc:
        msg=str(exc)
        #print("play sound exeption:", msg)
        if platform.system() == 'Windows':
            import winsound
            try:
                winsound.PlaySound(sound_filename, winsound.SND_FILENAME)
            except Exception as exc2:
                pass


def force_remove_file(filepath):
    if os.path.exists(filepath):
        try:
            os.remove(filepath)
        except Exception as exc:
            pass


def clean_uc_exe_cache():
    exe_name = "chromedriver%s"

    platform = sys.platform
    if platform.endswith("win32"):
        exe_name %= ".exe"
    if platform.endswith(("linux", "linux2")):
        exe_name %= ""
    if platform.endswith("darwin"):
        exe_name %= ""

    d = ""
    if platform.endswith("win32"):
        d = "~/appdata/roaming/undetected_chromedriver"
    elif "LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT" in os.environ:
        d = "/tmp/undetected_chromedriver"
    elif platform.startswith(("linux", "linux2")):
        d = "~/.local/share/undetected_chromedriver"
    elif platform.endswith("darwin"):
        d = "~/Library/Application Support/undetected_chromedriver"
    else:
        d = "~/.undetected_chromedriver"
    data_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(d))

    is_cache_exist = False
    p = pathlib.Path(data_path)
    files = list(p.rglob("*chromedriver*?"))
    for file in files:
        if os.path.exists(str(file)):
            is_cache_exist = True
            try:
                os.unlink(str(file))
            except Exception as exc2:
                print(exc2)
                pass

    return is_cache_exist

def t_or_f(arg):
    ret = False
    ua = str(arg).upper()
    if 'TRUE'.startswith(ua):
        ret = True
    elif 'YES'.startswith(ua):
        ret = True
    return ret

def format_keyword_string(keyword):
    if not keyword is None:
        if len(keyword) > 0:
            keyword = keyword.replace('／','/')
            keyword = keyword.replace('　','')
            keyword = keyword.replace(',','')
            keyword = keyword.replace('，','')
            keyword = keyword.replace('$','')
            keyword = keyword.replace(' ','').lower()
    return keyword

def format_quota_string(formated_html_text):
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('「','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('『','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('〔','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('﹝','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('〈','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('《','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('［','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('〖','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('[','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('（','【')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('(','【')

    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('」','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('』','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('〕','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('﹞','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('〉','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('》','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('］','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('〗','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace(']','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('）','】')
    formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace(')','】')
    return formated_html_text

def full2half(keyword):
    n = ""
    if not keyword is None:
        if len(keyword) > 0:
            for char in keyword:
                num = ord(char)
                if num == 0x3000:
                    num = 32
                elif 0xFF01 <= num <= 0xFF5E:
                    num -= 0xfee0
                n += chr(num)
    return n

def get_chinese_numeric():
    my_dict = {}
    my_dict['0']=['0','０','zero','零']
    my_dict['1']=['1','１','one','一','壹','①','❶','⑴']
    my_dict['2']=['2','２','two','二','貳','②','❷','⑵']
    my_dict['3']=['3','３','three','三','叁','③','❸','⑶']
    my_dict['4']=['4','４','four','四','肆','④','❹','⑷']
    my_dict['5']=['5','５','five','五','伍','⑤','❺','⑸']
    my_dict['6']=['6','６','six','六','陸','⑥','❻','⑹']
    my_dict['7']=['7','７','seven','七','柒','⑦','❼','⑺']
    my_dict['8']=['8','８','eight','八','捌','⑧','❽','⑻']
    my_dict['9']=['9','９','nine','九','玖','⑨','❾','⑼']
    return my_dict

# 同義字
def synonym_dict(char):
    ret = []
    my_dict = get_chinese_numeric()
    if char in my_dict:
        ret = my_dict[char]
    else:
        ret.append(char)
    return ret

def chinese_numeric_to_int(char):
    ret = None
    my_dict = get_chinese_numeric()
    for i in my_dict:
        for item in my_dict[i]:
            if char.lower() == item:
                ret = int(i)
                break
        if not ret is None:
            break
    return ret

def normalize_chinese_numeric(keyword):
    ret = ""
    for char in keyword:
        converted_int =  chinese_numeric_to_int(char)
        if not converted_int is None:
            ret += str(converted_int)
    return ret

def find_continuous_number(text):
    chars = "0123456789"
    return find_continuous_pattern(chars, text)

def find_continuous_text(text):
    chars = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
    return find_continuous_pattern(chars, text)

def find_continuous_pattern(allowed_char, text):
    ret = ""
    is_allowed_char_start = False
    for char in text:
        #print("char:", char)
        if char in allowed_char:
            if len(ret)==0 and not is_allowed_char_start:
                is_allowed_char_start = True
            if is_allowed_char_start:
                ret += char
        else:
            # make not continuous
            is_allowed_char_start = False
    return ret

def is_all_alpha_or_numeric(text):
    ret = False
    alpha_count = 0
    numeric_count = 0
    for char in text:
        try:
            if char.encode('UTF-8').isalpha():
                alpha_count += 1
        except Exception as exc:
            pass

        #if char.isnumeric():
        if char.isdigit():
            numeric_count += 1

    if (alpha_count + numeric_count) == len(text):
        ret = True

    #print("text/is_all_alpha_or_numeric:",text,ret)
    return ret

def get_brave_bin_path():
    brave_path = ""
    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
        brave_path = "C:\\Program Files\\BraveSoftware\\Brave-Browser\\Application\\brave.exe"
        if not os.path.exists(brave_path):
            brave_path = os.path.expanduser('~') + "\\AppData\\Local\\BraveSoftware\\Brave-Browser\\Application\\brave.exe"
        if not os.path.exists(brave_path):
            brave_path = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\BraveSoftware\\Brave-Browser\\Application\\brave.exe"
        if not os.path.exists(brave_path):
            brave_path = "D:\\Program Files\\BraveSoftware\\Brave-Browser\\Application\\brave.exe"

    if platform.system() == 'Linux':
        brave_path = "/usr/bin/brave-browser"

    if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
        brave_path = '/Applications/Brave Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser'

    return brave_path


def dump_settings_to_maxbot_plus_extension(ext, config_dict, CONST_MAXBOT_CONFIG_FILE):
    # sync config.
    target_path = ext
    target_path = os.path.join(target_path, "data")
    target_path = os.path.join(target_path, CONST_MAXBOT_CONFIG_FILE)
    #print("save as to:", target_path)
    if os.path.isfile(target_path):
        try:
            #print("remove file:", target_path)
            os.unlink(target_path)
        except Exception as exc:
            pass

    try:
        with open(target_path, 'w') as outfile:
            json.dump(config_dict, outfile)
    except Exception as e:
        pass

    # add host_permissions
    target_path = ext
    target_path = os.path.join(target_path, "manifest.json")

    manifest_dict = None
    if os.path.isfile(target_path):
        try:
            with open(target_path) as json_data:
                manifest_dict = json.load(json_data)
        except Exception as e:
            pass

    local_remote_url_array = []
    local_remote_url = config_dict["advanced"]["remote_url"]
    if len(local_remote_url) > 0:
        try:
            temp_remote_url_array = json.loads("["+ local_remote_url +"]")
            for remote_url in temp_remote_url_array:
                remote_url_final = remote_url + "*"
                local_remote_url_array.append(remote_url_final)
        except Exception as exc:
            pass

    if len(local_remote_url_array) > 0:
        is_manifest_changed = False
        if 'host_permissions' in manifest_dict:
            for remote_url_final in local_remote_url_array:
                if not remote_url_final in manifest_dict["host_permissions"]:
                    #print("local remote_url not in manifest:", remote_url_final)
                    manifest_dict["host_permissions"].append(remote_url_final)
                    is_manifest_changed = True

        if is_manifest_changed:
            json_str = json.dumps(manifest_dict, indent=4)
            try:
                with open(target_path, 'w') as outfile:
                    outfile.write(json_str)
            except Exception as e:
                pass


def dump_settings_to_maxblock_plus_extension(ext, config_dict, CONST_MAXBOT_CONFIG_FILE, CONST_MAXBLOCK_EXTENSION_FILTER):
    # sync config.
    target_path = ext
    target_path = os.path.join(target_path, "data")
    # special case, due to data folder is empty, sometime will be removed.
    if not os.path.exists(target_path):
        os.mkdir(target_path)
    target_path = os.path.join(target_path, CONST_MAXBOT_CONFIG_FILE)
    #print("save as to:", target_path)
    if os.path.isfile(target_path):
        try:
            #print("remove file:", target_path)
            os.unlink(target_path)
        except Exception as exc:
            pass

    try:
        with open(target_path, 'w') as outfile:
            config_dict["domain_filter"]=CONST_MAXBLOCK_EXTENSION_FILTER
            json.dump(config_dict, outfile)
    except Exception as e:
        pass

# convert web string to reg pattern
def convert_string_to_pattern(my_str, dynamic_length=True):
    my_hint_anwser_length = len(my_str)
    my_formated = ""
    if my_hint_anwser_length > 0:
        my_anwser_symbols = "()[]<>{}-"
        for idx in range(my_hint_anwser_length):
            char = my_str[idx:idx+1]

            if char in my_anwser_symbols:
                my_formated += ('\\' + char)
                continue

            pattern = re.compile("[A-Z]")
            match_result = pattern.match(char)
            #print("match_result A:", match_result)
            if not match_result is None:
                my_formated += "[A-Z]"

            pattern = re.compile("[a-z]")
            match_result = pattern.match(char)
            #print("match_result a:", match_result)
            if not match_result is None:
                my_formated += "[a-z]"

            pattern = re.compile("[\d]")
            match_result = pattern.match(char)
            #print("match_result d:", match_result)
            if not match_result is None:
                my_formated += "[\d]"

        # for dynamic length
        if dynamic_length:
            for i in range(10):
                my_formated = my_formated.replace("[A-Z][A-Z]","[A-Z]")
                my_formated = my_formated.replace("[a-z][a-z]","[a-z]")
                my_formated = my_formated.replace("[\d][\d]","[\d]")

            my_formated = my_formated.replace("[A-Z]","[A-Z]+")
            my_formated = my_formated.replace("[a-z]","[a-z]+")
            my_formated = my_formated.replace("[\d]","[\d]+")
    return my_formated

def guess_answer_list_from_multi_options(tmp_text):
    show_debug_message = True    # debug.
    show_debug_message = False   # online

    options_list = []
    matched_pattern = ""
    if len(options_list) == 0:
        if '【' in tmp_text and '】' in tmp_text:
            pattern = '【.{1,4}】'
            options_list = re.findall(pattern, tmp_text)
            if len(options_list) <= 2:
                options_list = []
            else:
                matched_pattern = pattern

    if len(options_list) == 0:
        if '(' in tmp_text and ')' in tmp_text:
            pattern = '\(.{1,4}\)'
            options_list = re.findall(pattern, tmp_text)
            if len(options_list) <= 2:
                options_list = []
            else:
                matched_pattern = pattern

    if len(options_list) == 0:
        if '[' in tmp_text and ']' in tmp_text:
            pattern = '\[.{1,4}\]'
            options_list = re.findall(pattern, tmp_text)
            if len(options_list) <= 2:
                options_list = []
            else:
                matched_pattern = pattern

    if len(options_list) == 0:
        if "\n" in tmp_text and ')' in tmp_text:
            pattern = "\\n.{1,4}\)"
            options_list = re.findall(pattern, tmp_text)
            if len(options_list) <= 2:
                options_list = []
            else:
                matched_pattern = pattern

    if len(options_list) == 0:
        if "\n" in tmp_text and ']' in tmp_text:
            pattern = "\\n.{1,4}\]"
            options_list = re.findall(pattern, tmp_text)
            if len(options_list) <= 2:
                options_list = []
            else:
                matched_pattern = pattern

    if len(options_list) == 0:
        if "\n" in tmp_text and '】' in tmp_text:
            pattern = "\\n.{1,4}】"
            options_list = re.findall(pattern, tmp_text)
            if len(options_list) <= 2:
                options_list = []
            else:
                matched_pattern = pattern

    if len(options_list) == 0:
        if "\n" in tmp_text and ':' in tmp_text:
            pattern = "\\n.{1,4}:"
            options_list = re.findall(pattern, tmp_text)
            if len(options_list) <= 2:
                options_list = []
            else:
                matched_pattern = pattern

    if len(options_list) == 0:
        if " " in tmp_text and '?' in tmp_text:
            if ('.' in tmp_text or ':' in tmp_text or ')' in tmp_text or ']' in tmp_text or '>' in tmp_text):
                pattern = "[ /\n\|;\.\?]{1}.{1}[\.:)\]>]{1}.{2,3}"
                options_list = re.findall(pattern, tmp_text)
                if len(options_list) <= 2:
                    options_list = []
                else:
                    formated_list = []
                    for new_item in options_list:
                        new_item = new_item.strip()
                        if new_item[:1] == ".":
                            new_item = new_item[1:]
                        if new_item[:1] == "?":
                            new_item = new_item[1:]
                        if new_item[:1] == "|":
                            new_item = new_item[1:]
                        if new_item[:1] == ";":
                            new_item = new_item[1:]
                        if new_item[:1] == "/":
                            new_item = new_item[1:]
                        new_item = new_item.strip()
                        new_item = new_item[:1]
                        formated_list.append(new_item)
                    options_list = formated_list

                    matched_pattern = pattern

    if show_debug_message:
        print("matched pattern:", matched_pattern)

    # default remove quota
    is_trim_quota = not check_answer_keep_symbol(tmp_text)
    if show_debug_message:
        print("is_trim_quota:", is_trim_quota)

    return_list = []
    if len(options_list) > 0:
        options_list_length = len(options_list)
        if show_debug_message:
            print("options_list_length:", options_list_length)
            print("options_list:", options_list)
        if options_list_length > 2:
            is_all_options_same_length = True
            options_length_count = {}
            for i in range(options_list_length-1):
                current_option_length = len(options_list[i])
                next_option_length = len(options_list[i+1])
                if current_option_length != next_option_length:
                    is_all_options_same_length = False
                if current_option_length in options_length_count:
                    options_length_count[current_option_length] += 1
                else:
                    options_length_count[current_option_length] = 1

            if show_debug_message:
                print("is_all_options_same_length:", is_all_options_same_length)

            if is_all_options_same_length:
                return_list = []
                for each_option in options_list:
                    if len(each_option) > 2:
                        if is_trim_quota:
                            return_list.append(each_option[1:-1])
                        else:
                            return_list.append(each_option)
                    else:
                        return_list.append(each_option)
            else:
                #print("options_length_count:", options_length_count)
                if len(options_length_count) > 0:
                    target_option_length = 0
                    most_length_count = 0
                    for k in options_length_count.keys():
                        if options_length_count[k] > most_length_count:
                            most_length_count = options_length_count[k]
                            target_option_length = k
                    #print("most_length_count:", most_length_count)
                    #print("target_option_length:", target_option_length)
                    if target_option_length > 0:
                        return_list = []
                        for each_option in options_list:
                            current_option_length = len(each_option)
                            if current_option_length == target_option_length:
                                if is_trim_quota:
                                    return_list.append(each_option[1:-1])
                                else:
                                    return_list.append(each_option)

    # something is wrong, give up when option equal 2 options.
    if len(return_list) <= 2:
        return_list = []

    # remove chinese work options.
    if len(options_list) > 0:
        new_list = []
        for item in return_list:
            if is_all_alpha_or_numeric(item):
                new_list.append(item)
        if len(new_list) >=3:
            return_list = new_list

    return return_list


#PS: this may get a wrong answer list. XD
def guess_answer_list_from_symbols(captcha_text_div_text):
    return_list = []
    # need replace to space to get first options.
    tmp_text = captcha_text_div_text
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('?',' ')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('？',' ')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('。',' ')

    delimitor_symbols_left = [u"(","[","{", " ", " ", " ", " "]
    delimitor_symbols_right = [u")","]","}", ":", ".", ")", "-"]
    idx = -1
    for idx in range(len(delimitor_symbols_left)):
        symbol_left = delimitor_symbols_left[idx]
        symbol_right = delimitor_symbols_right[idx]
        if symbol_left in tmp_text and symbol_right in tmp_text and '半形' in tmp_text:
            hint_list = re.findall('\\'+ symbol_left + '[\\w]+\\'+ symbol_right , tmp_text)
            #print("hint_list:", hint_list)
            if not hint_list is None:
                if len(hint_list) > 1:
                    return_list = []
                    my_answer_delimitor = symbol_right
                    for options in hint_list:
                        if len(options) > 2:
                            my_anwser = options[1:-1]
                            #print("my_anwser:",my_anwser)
                            if len(my_anwser) > 0:
                                return_list.append(my_anwser)

        if len(return_list) > 0:
            break
    return return_list

def get_offical_hint_string_from_symbol(symbol, tmp_text):
    show_debug_message = True       # debug.
    show_debug_message = False      # online

    offical_hint_string = ""
    if symbol in tmp_text:
        # start to guess offical hint
        if offical_hint_string == "":
            if '【' in tmp_text and '】' in tmp_text:
                hint_list = re.findall('【.*?】', tmp_text)
                if not hint_list is None:
                    if show_debug_message:
                        print("【.*?】hint_list:", hint_list)
                    for hint in hint_list:
                        if symbol in hint:
                            offical_hint_string = hint[1:-1]
                            break
        if offical_hint_string == "":
            if '(' in tmp_text and ')' in tmp_text:
                hint_list = re.findall('\(.*?\)', tmp_text)
                if not hint_list is None:
                    if show_debug_message:
                        print("\(.*?\)hint_list:", hint_list)
                    for hint in hint_list:
                        if symbol in hint:
                            offical_hint_string = hint[1:-1]
                            break
        if offical_hint_string == "":
            if '[' in tmp_text and ']' in tmp_text:
                hint_list = re.findall('[.*?]', tmp_text)
                if not hint_list is None:
                    if show_debug_message:
                        print("[.*?]hint_list:", hint_list)
                    for hint in hint_list:
                        if symbol in hint:
                            offical_hint_string = hint[1:-1]
                            break
        if offical_hint_string == "":
            offical_hint_string = tmp_text
    return offical_hint_string


def guess_answer_list_from_hint(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text):
    show_debug_message = True       # debug.
    show_debug_message = False      # online

    tmp_text = format_question_string(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text)

    my_question = ""
    my_options = ""
    offical_hint_string = ""
    offical_hint_string_anwser = ""
    my_anwser_formated = ""
    my_answer_delimitor = ""

    if my_question == "":
        if "?" in tmp_text:
            question_index = tmp_text.find("?")
            my_question = tmp_text[:question_index+1]
    if my_question == "":
        if "。" in tmp_text:
            question_index = tmp_text.find("。")
            my_question = tmp_text[:question_index+1]
    if my_question == "":
        my_question = tmp_text
    #print("my_question:", my_question)

    # ps: hint_list is not options list

    if offical_hint_string == "":
        # for: 若你覺得答案為 a，請輸入 a
        if '答案' in tmp_text and CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL in tmp_text:
            offical_hint_string = get_offical_hint_string_from_symbol(CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, tmp_text)
        if len(offical_hint_string) > 0:
            right_part = offical_hint_string.split(CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL)[1]
            #print("right_part:", right_part)
            if len(offical_hint_string) == len(tmp_text):
                offical_hint_string = right_part

            new_hint = find_continuous_text(right_part)
            if len(new_hint) > 0:
                # TODO: 答案為B需填入Bb)
                #if '答案' in offical_hint_string and CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL in offical_hint_string:
                offical_hint_string_anwser = new_hint


    if offical_hint_string == "":
        offical_hint_string = get_offical_hint_string_from_symbol(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, tmp_text)
        if len(offical_hint_string) > 0:
            right_part = offical_hint_string.split(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL)[1]
            if len(offical_hint_string) == len(tmp_text):
                offical_hint_string = right_part

            # PS: find first text will only get B char in this case: 答案為B需填入Bb)
            new_hint = find_continuous_text(right_part)
            if len(new_hint) > 0:
                offical_hint_string_anwser = new_hint

    # resize offical_hint_string_anwser for options contains in hint string.
    #print("offical_hint_string_anwser:", offical_hint_string_anwser)
    if len(offical_hint_string_anwser) > 0:
        offical_hint_string = offical_hint_string.split(offical_hint_string_anwser)[0]

    if show_debug_message:
        print("offical_hint_string:", offical_hint_string)

    # try rule4:
    # get hint from rule 3: without '(' & '), but use "*"
    if len(offical_hint_string) == 0:
        target_symbol = "*"
        if target_symbol in tmp_text :
            star_index = tmp_text.find(target_symbol)
            space_index = tmp_text.find(" ", star_index + len(target_symbol))
            offical_hint_string = tmp_text[star_index: space_index]

    # is need to merge next block
    if len(offical_hint_string) > 0:
        target_symbol = offical_hint_string + " "
        if target_symbol in tmp_text :
            star_index = tmp_text.find(target_symbol)
            next_block_index = star_index + len(target_symbol)
            space_index = tmp_text.find(" ", next_block_index)
            next_block = tmp_text[next_block_index: space_index]
            if CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL in next_block:
                offical_hint_string += ' ' + next_block

    # try rule5:
    # get hint from rule 3: n個半形英文大寫
    if len(offical_hint_string) == 0:
        target_symbol = "個半形英文大寫"
        if target_symbol in tmp_text :
            star_index = tmp_text.find(target_symbol)
            space_index = tmp_text.find(" ", star_index)
            answer_char_count = tmp_text[star_index-1:star_index]
            if answer_char_count.isnumeric():
                answer_char_count =  chinese_numeric_to_int(answer_char_count)
                if answer_char_count is None:
                    answer_char_count = '0'

                star_index -= 1
                offical_hint_string_anwser = 'A' * int(answer_char_count)
            offical_hint_string = tmp_text[star_index: space_index]

        target_symbol = "個英文大寫"
        if target_symbol in tmp_text :
            star_index = tmp_text.find(target_symbol)
            space_index = tmp_text.find(" ", star_index)
            answer_char_count = tmp_text[star_index-1:star_index]
            if answer_char_count.isnumeric():
                answer_char_count =  chinese_numeric_to_int(answer_char_count)
                if answer_char_count is None:
                    answer_char_count = '0'

                star_index -= 1
                offical_hint_string_anwser = 'A' * int(answer_char_count)
            offical_hint_string = tmp_text[star_index: space_index]

        target_symbol = "個半形英文小寫"
        if target_symbol in tmp_text :
            star_index = tmp_text.find(target_symbol)
            space_index = tmp_text.find(" ", star_index)
            answer_char_count = tmp_text[star_index-1:star_index]
            if answer_char_count.isnumeric():
                answer_char_count =  chinese_numeric_to_int(answer_char_count)
                if answer_char_count is None:
                    answer_char_count = '0'

                star_index -= 1
                offical_hint_string_anwser = 'a' * int(answer_char_count)
            offical_hint_string = tmp_text[star_index: space_index]

        target_symbol = "個英文小寫"
        if target_symbol in tmp_text :
            star_index = tmp_text.find(target_symbol)
            space_index = tmp_text.find(" ", star_index)
            answer_char_count = tmp_text[star_index-1:star_index]
            if answer_char_count.isnumeric():
                answer_char_count =  chinese_numeric_to_int(answer_char_count)
                if answer_char_count is None:
                    answer_char_count = '0'

                star_index -= 1
                offical_hint_string_anwser = 'a' * int(answer_char_count)
            offical_hint_string = tmp_text[star_index: space_index]

        target_symbol = "個英數半形字"
        if target_symbol in tmp_text :
            star_index = tmp_text.find(target_symbol)
            space_index = tmp_text.find(" ", star_index)
            answer_char_count = tmp_text[star_index-1:star_index]
            if answer_char_count.isnumeric():
                answer_char_count =  chinese_numeric_to_int(answer_char_count)
                if answer_char_count is None:
                    answer_char_count = '0'

                star_index -= 1
                my_anwser_formated = '[A-Za-z\d]' * int(answer_char_count)
            offical_hint_string = tmp_text[star_index: space_index]

        target_symbol = "個半形"
        if target_symbol in tmp_text :
            star_index = tmp_text.find(target_symbol)
            space_index = tmp_text.find(" ", star_index)
            answer_char_count = tmp_text[star_index-1:star_index]
            if answer_char_count.isnumeric():
                answer_char_count =  chinese_numeric_to_int(answer_char_count)
                if answer_char_count is None:
                    answer_char_count = '0'

                star_index -= 1
                my_anwser_formated = '[A-Za-z\d]' * int(answer_char_count)
            offical_hint_string = tmp_text[star_index: space_index]

    if len(offical_hint_string) > 0:
        if show_debug_message:
            print("offical_hint_string_anwser:", offical_hint_string_anwser)
        my_anwser_formated = convert_string_to_pattern(offical_hint_string_anwser)

    my_options = tmp_text
    if len(my_question) < len(tmp_text):
        my_options = my_options.replace(my_question,"")
    my_options = my_options.replace(offical_hint_string,"")

    # try rule7:
    # check is chinese/english in question, if match, apply my_options rule.
    if len(offical_hint_string) > 0:
        tmp_text_org = captcha_text_div_text
        if CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL in tmp_text:
            tmp_text_org = tmp_text_org.replace('Ex:','ex:')
            target_symbol = "ex:"
            if target_symbol in tmp_text_org :
                star_index = tmp_text_org.find(target_symbol)
                my_options = tmp_text_org[star_index-1:]

    if show_debug_message:
        print("tmp_text:", tmp_text)
        print("my_options:", my_options)

    if len(my_anwser_formated) > 0:
        allow_delimitor_symbols = ")].: }"
        pattern = re.compile(my_anwser_formated)
        search_result = pattern.search(my_options)
        if not search_result is None:
            (span_start, span_end) = search_result.span()
            maybe_delimitor=""
            if len(my_options) > (span_end+1)+1:
                maybe_delimitor = my_options[span_end+0:span_end+1]
            if maybe_delimitor in allow_delimitor_symbols:
                my_answer_delimitor = maybe_delimitor

    if show_debug_message:
        print("my_answer_delimitor:", my_answer_delimitor)

    # default remove quota
    is_trim_quota = not check_answer_keep_symbol(tmp_text)
    if show_debug_message:
        print("is_trim_quota:", is_trim_quota)

    return_list = []
    if len(my_anwser_formated) > 0:
        new_pattern = my_anwser_formated
        if len(my_answer_delimitor) > 0:
            new_pattern = my_anwser_formated + '\\' + my_answer_delimitor

        return_list = re.findall(new_pattern, my_options)
        if show_debug_message:
            print("my_anwser_formated:", my_anwser_formated)
            print("new_pattern:", new_pattern)
            print("return_list:" , return_list)

        if not return_list is None:
            if len(return_list) == 1:
                # re-sample for this case.
                return_list = re.findall(my_anwser_formated, my_options)

            if len(return_list) == 1:
                # if use pattern to find matched only one, means it is for example text.
                return_list = None

        if not return_list is None:
            # clean delimitor
            if is_trim_quota:
                return_list_length = len(return_list)
                if return_list_length >= 1:
                    if len(my_answer_delimitor) > 0:
                        for idx in range(return_list_length):
                            return_list[idx]=return_list[idx].replace(my_answer_delimitor,'')
                if show_debug_message:
                    print("cleaned return_list:" , return_list)

        if return_list is None:
            return_list = []

    return return_list, offical_hint_string_anwser

def format_question_string(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text):
    tmp_text = captcha_text_div_text
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('  ',' ')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('：',':')
    # for hint
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('*','*')

    # stop word.
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('輸入法','')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('請問','')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('請將','')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('請在','')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('請以','')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('請回答','')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('請','')

    # replace ex.
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('例如', CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL)
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('如:', CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL)
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('如為', CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL+'為')

    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('舉例', CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL)
    if not CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL in tmp_text:
        tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('例', CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL)
    # important, maybe 例 & ex occurs at same time.
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('ex:', CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL)
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('Ex:', CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL)

    #若你覺得
    #PS:這個，可能會造成更多問題，呵呵。
    SYMBOL_IF_LIST = ['假設','如果','若']
    for symbol_if in SYMBOL_IF_LIST:
        if symbol_if in tmp_text and '答案' in tmp_text:
            tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('覺得', '')
            tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('認為', '')
            tmp_text = tmp_text.replace(symbol_if + '你答案', CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL + '答案')
            tmp_text = tmp_text.replace(symbol_if + '答案', CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL + '答案')

    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('填入', CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL)

    #tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('[','(')
    #tmp_text = tmp_text.replace(']',')')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('？','?')

    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('（','(')
    tmp_text = tmp_text.replace('）',')')

    return tmp_text

def permutations(iterable, r=None):
    pool = tuple(iterable)
    n = len(pool)
    r = n if r is None else r
    if r > n:
        return
    indices = list(range(n))
    cycles = list(range(n, n-r, -1))
    yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices[:r])
    while n:
        for i in reversed(range(r)):
            cycles[i] -= 1
            if cycles[i] == 0:
                indices[i:] = indices[i+1:] + indices[i:i+1]
                cycles[i] = n - i
            else:
                j = cycles[i]
                indices[i], indices[-j] = indices[-j], indices[i]
                yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices[:r])
                break
        else:
            return

def get_answer_list_by_question(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text):
    show_debug_message = True    # debug.
    show_debug_message = False   # online

    return_list = []

    tmp_text = format_question_string(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text)

    # guess answer list from multi-options: 【】() []
    if len(return_list)==0:
        return_list = guess_answer_list_from_multi_options(tmp_text)
    if show_debug_message:
        print("captcha_text_div_text:", captcha_text_div_text)
        if len(return_list) > 0:
            print("found, guess_answer_list_from_multi_options:", return_list)

    offical_hint_string_anwser = ""
    if len(return_list)==0:
        return_list, offical_hint_string_anwser = guess_answer_list_from_hint(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text)
    else:
        is_match_factorial = False
        mutiple = 0

        return_list_2, offical_hint_string_anwser = guess_answer_list_from_hint(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text)
        if return_list_2 is None:
            if len(offical_hint_string_anwser) >=3:
                if len(return_list) >=3:
                    mutiple = int(len(offical_hint_string_anwser) / len(return_list[0]))
                    if mutiple >=3 :
                        is_match_factorial = True

        if show_debug_message:
            print("mutiple:", mutiple)
            print("is_match_factorial:", is_match_factorial)
        if is_match_factorial:
            is_match_factorial = False
            order_string_list = ['排列','排序','依序','順序','遞增','遞減','升冪','降冪','新到舊','舊到新','小到大','大到小','高到低','低到高']
            for order_string in order_string_list:
                if order_string in tmp_text:
                    is_match_factorial = True

        if is_match_factorial:
            new_array = permutations(return_list, mutiple)
            #print("new_array:", new_array)

            return_list = []
            for item_tuple in new_array:
                return_list.append(''.join(item_tuple))

        if show_debug_message:
            if len(return_list) > 0:
                print("found, guess_answer_list_from_hint:", return_list)

    if len(return_list)==0:
        return_list = guess_answer_list_from_symbols(captcha_text_div_text)
        if show_debug_message:
            if len(return_list) > 0:
                print("found, guess_answer_list_from_symbols:", return_list)

    return return_list


def get_matched_blocks_by_keyword_item_set(config_dict, auto_select_mode, keyword_item_set, formated_area_list):
    show_debug_message = True    # debug.
    show_debug_message = False   # online

    if config_dict["advanced"]["verbose"]:
        show_debug_message = True

    matched_blocks = []
    for row in formated_area_list:
        row_text = ""
        row_html = ""
        try:
            #row_text = row.text
            row_html = row.get_attribute('innerHTML')
            row_text = remove_html_tags(row_html)
        except Exception as exc:
            if show_debug_message:
                print(exc)
            # error, exit loop
            break

        if len(row_text) > 0:
            if reset_row_text_if_match_keyword_exclude(config_dict, row_text):
                row_text = ""

        if len(row_text) > 0:
            # start to compare, normalize all.
            row_text = format_keyword_string(row_text)
            if show_debug_message:
                print("row_text:", row_text)

            is_match_all = False
            if ' ' in keyword_item_set:
                keyword_item_array = keyword_item_set.split(' ')
                is_match_all = True
                for keyword_item in keyword_item_array:
                    keyword_item = format_keyword_string(keyword_item)
                    if not keyword_item in row_text:
                        is_match_all = False
            else:
                exclude_item = format_keyword_string(keyword_item_set)
                if exclude_item in row_text:
                    is_match_all = True

            if is_match_all:
                matched_blocks.append(row)

                # only need first row.
                if auto_select_mode == CONST_FROM_TOP_TO_BOTTOM:
                    break
    return matched_blocks

def get_target_item_from_matched_list(matched_blocks, auto_select_mode):
    target_area = None
    if not matched_blocks is None:
        matched_blocks_count = len(matched_blocks)
        if matched_blocks_count > 0:
            target_row_index = 0

            if auto_select_mode == CONST_FROM_TOP_TO_BOTTOM:
                pass

            if auto_select_mode == CONST_FROM_BOTTOM_TO_TOP:
                target_row_index = matched_blocks_count - 1

            if auto_select_mode == CONST_RANDOM:
                if matched_blocks_count > 1:
                    target_row_index = random.randint(0,matched_blocks_count-1)

            if auto_select_mode == CONST_CENTER:
                if matched_blocks_count > 2:
                    target_row_index = int(matched_blocks_count/2)

            target_area = matched_blocks[target_row_index]
    return target_area


def get_matched_blocks_by_keyword(config_dict, auto_select_mode, keyword_string, formated_area_list):
    keyword_array = []
    try:
        keyword_array = json.loads("["+ keyword_string +"]")
    except Exception as exc:
        keyword_array = []

    matched_blocks = []
    for keyword_item_set in keyword_array:
        matched_blocks = get_matched_blocks_by_keyword_item_set(config_dict, auto_select_mode, keyword_item_set, formated_area_list)
        if len(matched_blocks) > 0:
            break
    return matched_blocks


def is_row_match_keyword(keyword_string, row_text):
    # clean stop word.
    row_text = format_keyword_string(row_text)

    is_match_keyword = True
    if len(keyword_string) > 0 and len(row_text) > 0:
        is_match_keyword = False
        keyword_array = []
        try:
            keyword_array = json.loads("["+ keyword_string +"]")
        except Exception as exc:
            keyword_array = []
        for item_list in keyword_array:
            if len(item_list) > 0:
                if ' ' in item_list:
                    keyword_item_array = item_list.split(' ')
                    is_match_all_exclude = True
                    for each_item in keyword_item_array:
                        each_item = format_keyword_string(each_item)
                        if not each_item in row_text:
                            is_match_all_exclude = False
                    if is_match_all_exclude:
                        is_match_keyword = True
                else:
                    item_list = format_keyword_string(item_list)
                    if item_list in row_text:
                        is_match_keyword = True
            else:
                # match all.
                is_match_keyword = True
            if is_match_keyword:
                break
    return is_match_keyword

def reset_row_text_if_match_keyword_exclude(config_dict, row_text):
    area_keyword_exclude = config_dict["keyword_exclude"]
    return is_row_match_keyword(area_keyword_exclude, row_text)


def guess_tixcraft_question(driver, question_text):
    show_debug_message = True       # debug.
    show_debug_message = False      # online

    answer_list = []

    formated_html_text = ""
    if len(question_text) > 0:
        # format question text.
        formated_html_text = question_text
        formated_html_text = format_quota_string(formated_html_text)

        if '【' in formated_html_text and '】' in formated_html_text:
            # PS: 這個太容易沖突，因為問題類型太多，不能直接使用。
            #inferred_answer_string = find_between(formated_html_text, "【", "】")
            pass

    if show_debug_message:
        print("formated_html_text:", formated_html_text)

    # start to guess answer
    inferred_answer_string = None

    # 請輸入"YES"，代表您已詳閱且瞭解並同意。
    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        if '輸入"YES"' in formated_html_text:
            if '已詳閱' in formated_html_text or '請詳閱' in formated_html_text:
                if '同意' in formated_html_text:
                    inferred_answer_string = 'YES'

    # 購票前請詳閱注意事項，並於驗證碼欄位輸入【同意】繼續購票流程。
    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        if '驗證碼' in formated_html_text or '驗證欄位' in formated_html_text:
            if '已詳閱' in formated_html_text or '請詳閱' in formated_html_text:
                if '輸入【同意】' in formated_html_text:
                    inferred_answer_string = '同意'

    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        if len(question_text) > 0:
            answer_list = get_answer_list_from_question_string(None, question_text)
    else:
        answer_list = [answer_list]

    return answer_list

def get_answer_list_from_user_guess_string(config_dict, CONST_MAXBOT_ANSWER_ONLINE_FILE):
    local_array = []
    online_array = []

    user_guess_string = config_dict["advanced"]["user_guess_string"]
    if len(user_guess_string) > 0:
        user_guess_string = format_config_keyword_for_json(user_guess_string)
        try:
            local_array = json.loads("["+ user_guess_string +"]")
        except Exception as exc:
            local_array = []

    # load from internet.
    user_guess_string = ""
    if os.path.exists(CONST_MAXBOT_ANSWER_ONLINE_FILE):
        try:
            with open(CONST_MAXBOT_ANSWER_ONLINE_FILE, "r") as text_file:
                user_guess_string = text_file.readline()
        except Exception as e:
            pass

    if len(user_guess_string) > 0:
        user_guess_string = format_config_keyword_for_json(user_guess_string)
        try:
            online_array = json.loads("["+ user_guess_string +"]")
        except Exception as exc:
            online_array = []

    return local_array + online_array

def check_answer_keep_symbol(captcha_text_div_text):
    is_need_keep_symbol = False

    # format text
    keep_symbol_tmp = captcha_text_div_text
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('也','須')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('必須','須')

    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('全都','都')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('全部都','都')

    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('一致','相同')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('一樣','相同')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('相等','相同')

    if '符號須都相同' in keep_symbol_tmp:
        is_need_keep_symbol = True

    if '符號都相同' in keep_symbol_tmp:
        is_need_keep_symbol = True

    if '符號須相同' in keep_symbol_tmp:
        is_need_keep_symbol = True

    # for: 大小寫含括號需一模一樣
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('含', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('和', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('與', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('還有', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('及', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('以及', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('需', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('必須', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('而且', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('且', '')
    keep_symbol_tmp = keep_symbol_tmp.replace('一模', '')
    #print("keep_symbol_tmp:", keep_symbol_tmp)
    if '大小寫括號相同' in keep_symbol_tmp:
        is_need_keep_symbol = True

    return is_need_keep_symbol

#PS: this is for selenium webdriver.
def kktix_get_web_datetime(registrationsNewApp_div):
    show_debug_message = True       # debug.
    show_debug_message = False      # online

    web_datetime = None

    is_found_web_datetime = False

    el_web_datetime_list = None
    if not registrationsNewApp_div is None:
        try:
            el_web_datetime_list = registrationsNewApp_div.find_elements(By.TAG_NAME, 'td')
        except Exception as exc:
            if show_debug_message:
                print("find td.ng-binding Exception")
                print(exc)
            pass
        #print("is_found_web_datetime", is_found_web_datetime)

    if not el_web_datetime_list is None:
        el_web_datetime_list_count = len(el_web_datetime_list)
        if el_web_datetime_list_count > 0:
            el_web_datetime = None
            for el_web_datetime in el_web_datetime_list:
                el_web_datetime_text = None
                try:
                    el_web_datetime_text = el_web_datetime.text
                    if show_debug_message:
                        print("el_web_datetime_text:", el_web_datetime_text)
                except Exception as exc:
                    if show_debug_message:
                        print('parse web datetime fail:')
                        print(exc)
                    pass

                if not el_web_datetime_text is None:
                    if len(el_web_datetime_text) > 0:
                        now = datetime.now()
                        #print("now:", now)
                        for guess_year in range(now.year,now.year+3):
                            current_year = str(guess_year)
                            if current_year in el_web_datetime_text:
                                if '/' in el_web_datetime_text:
                                    web_datetime = el_web_datetime_text
                                    is_found_web_datetime = True
                                    break
                        if is_found_web_datetime:
                            break
    else:
        print("find td.ng-binding fail")

    if show_debug_message:
        print('is_found_web_datetime:', is_found_web_datetime)
        print('web_datetime:', web_datetime)

    return web_datetime

def get_answer_string_from_web_date(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, registrationsNewApp_div, captcha_text_div_text):
    show_debug_message = True       # debug.
    show_debug_message = False      # online

    inferred_answer_string = None

    is_need_parse_web_datetime = False
    # '半形阿拉伯數字' & '半形數字'
    if '半形' in captcha_text_div_text and '字' in captcha_text_div_text:
        if '演出日期' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_datetime = True
        if '活動日期' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_datetime = True
        if '表演日期' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_datetime = True
        if '開始日期' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_datetime = True
        if '演唱會日期' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_datetime = True
        if '展覽日期' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_datetime = True
        if '音樂會日期' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_datetime = True
    if 'the date of the show you purchased' in captcha_text_div_text:
        is_need_parse_web_datetime = True

    if show_debug_message:
        print("is_need_parse_web_datetime:", is_need_parse_web_datetime)

    if is_need_parse_web_datetime:
        web_datetime = kktix_get_web_datetime(registrationsNewApp_div)
        if not web_datetime is None:
            if show_debug_message:
                print("web_datetime:", web_datetime)

            captcha_text_formatted = format_question_string(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text)
            if show_debug_message:
                print("captcha_text_formatted", captcha_text_formatted)

            my_datetime_foramted = None

            # MMDD
            if my_datetime_foramted is None:
                if '4位半形' in captcha_text_formatted:
                    my_datetime_foramted = "%m%d"

            # for "如為2月30日，請輸入0230"
            if my_datetime_foramted is None:
                right_part = ""
                if CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL in captcha_text_formatted:
                    right_part = captcha_text_formatted.split(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL)[1]

                if CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL in right_part:
                    right_part = right_part.split(CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL)[1]
                    number_text = find_continuous_number(right_part)

                    my_anwser_formated = convert_string_to_pattern(number_text, dynamic_length=False)
                    if my_anwser_formated == "[\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d]":
                        my_datetime_foramted = "%Y%m%d"
                    if my_anwser_formated == "[\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d]":
                        my_datetime_foramted = "%m%d"
                    #print("my_datetime_foramted:", my_datetime_foramted)

            if show_debug_message:
                print("my_datetime_foramted", my_datetime_foramted)

            if my_datetime_foramted is None:
                now = datetime.now()
                for guess_year in range(now.year-4,now.year+2):
                    current_year = str(guess_year)
                    if current_year in captcha_text_formatted:
                        my_hint_index = captcha_text_formatted.find(current_year)
                        my_hint_anwser = captcha_text_formatted[my_hint_index:]
                        #print("my_hint_anwser:", my_hint_anwser)
                        # get after.
                        my_delimitor_symbol = CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL
                        if my_delimitor_symbol in my_hint_anwser:
                            my_delimitor_index = my_hint_anwser.find(my_delimitor_symbol)
                            my_hint_anwser = my_hint_anwser[my_delimitor_index+len(my_delimitor_symbol):]
                        #print("my_hint_anwser:", my_hint_anwser)
                        # get before.
                        my_delimitor_symbol = '，'
                        if my_delimitor_symbol in my_hint_anwser:
                            my_delimitor_index = my_hint_anwser.find(my_delimitor_symbol)
                            my_hint_anwser = my_hint_anwser[:my_delimitor_index]
                        my_delimitor_symbol = '。'
                        if my_delimitor_symbol in my_hint_anwser:
                            my_delimitor_index = my_hint_anwser.find(my_delimitor_symbol)
                            my_hint_anwser = my_hint_anwser[:my_delimitor_index]
                        # PS: space may not is delimitor...
                        my_delimitor_symbol = ' '
                        if my_delimitor_symbol in my_hint_anwser:
                            my_delimitor_index = my_hint_anwser.find(my_delimitor_symbol)
                            my_hint_anwser = my_hint_anwser[:my_delimitor_index]
                        #remove last char.
                        remove_last_char_list = [')','(','.','。','）','（','[',']']
                        for check_char in remove_last_char_list:
                            if my_hint_anwser[-1:]==check_char:
                                my_hint_anwser = my_hint_anwser[:-1]

                        my_anwser_formated = convert_string_to_pattern(my_hint_anwser, dynamic_length=False)
                        if my_anwser_formated == "[\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d]":
                            my_datetime_foramted = "%Y%m%d"
                        if my_anwser_formated == "[\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d]/[\\d][\\d]/[\\d][\\d]":
                            my_datetime_foramted = "%Y/%m/%d"

                        if show_debug_message:
                            print("my_hint_anwser:", my_hint_anwser)
                            print("my_anwser_formated:", my_anwser_formated)
                            print("my_datetime_foramted:", my_datetime_foramted)
                        break

            if not my_datetime_foramted is None:
                my_delimitor_symbol = ' '
                if my_delimitor_symbol in web_datetime:
                    web_datetime = web_datetime[:web_datetime.find(my_delimitor_symbol)]
                date_time = datetime.strptime(web_datetime,"%Y/%m/%d")
                if show_debug_message:
                    print("our web date_time:", date_time)
                ans = None
                try:
                    if not date_time is None:
                        ans = date_time.strftime(my_datetime_foramted)
                except Exception as exc:
                    pass
                inferred_answer_string = ans
                if show_debug_message:
                    print("web date_time anwser:", ans)

    return inferred_answer_string

def get_answer_string_from_web_time(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, registrationsNewApp_div, captcha_text_div_text):
    show_debug_message = True       # debug.
    show_debug_message = False      # online

    inferred_answer_string = None

    # parse '演出時間'
    is_need_parse_web_time = False
    if '半形' in captcha_text_div_text:
        if '演出時間' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_time = True
        if '表演時間' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_time = True
        if '開始時間' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_time = True
        if '演唱會時間' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_time = True
        if '展覽時間' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_time = True
        if '音樂會時間' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_time = True
        if 'the time of the show you purchased' in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_need_parse_web_time = True

    #print("is_need_parse_web_time", is_need_parse_web_time)
    if is_need_parse_web_time:
        web_datetime = None
        if not registrationsNewApp_div is None:
            web_datetime = kktix_get_web_datetime(registrationsNewApp_div)
        if not web_datetime is None:
            tmp_text = format_question_string(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text)

            my_datetime_foramted = None

            if my_datetime_foramted is None:
                my_hint_anwser = tmp_text

                my_delimitor_symbol = CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL
                if my_delimitor_symbol in my_hint_anwser:
                    my_delimitor_index = my_hint_anwser.find(my_delimitor_symbol)
                    my_hint_anwser = my_hint_anwser[my_delimitor_index+len(my_delimitor_symbol):]
                #print("my_hint_anwser:", my_hint_anwser)
                # get before.
                my_delimitor_symbol = '，'
                if my_delimitor_symbol in my_hint_anwser:
                    my_delimitor_index = my_hint_anwser.find(my_delimitor_symbol)
                    my_hint_anwser = my_hint_anwser[:my_delimitor_index]
                my_delimitor_symbol = '。'
                if my_delimitor_symbol in my_hint_anwser:
                    my_delimitor_index = my_hint_anwser.find(my_delimitor_symbol)
                    my_hint_anwser = my_hint_anwser[:my_delimitor_index]
                # PS: space may not is delimitor...
                my_delimitor_symbol = ' '
                if my_delimitor_symbol in my_hint_anwser:
                    my_delimitor_index = my_hint_anwser.find(my_delimitor_symbol)
                    my_hint_anwser = my_hint_anwser[:my_delimitor_index]
                my_anwser_formated = convert_string_to_pattern(my_hint_anwser, dynamic_length=False)
                #print("my_hint_anwser:", my_hint_anwser)
                #print("my_anwser_formated:", my_anwser_formated)
                if my_anwser_formated == "[\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d]":
                    my_datetime_foramted = "%H%M"
                    if '12小時' in tmp_text:
                        my_datetime_foramted = "%I%M"

                if my_anwser_formated == "[\\d][\\d]:[\\d][\\d]":
                    my_datetime_foramted = "%H:%M"
                    if '12小時' in tmp_text:
                        my_datetime_foramted = "%I:%M"

            if not my_datetime_foramted is None:
                date_delimitor_symbol = '('
                if date_delimitor_symbol in web_datetime:
                    date_delimitor_symbol_index = web_datetime.find(date_delimitor_symbol)
                    if date_delimitor_symbol_index > 8:
                        web_datetime = web_datetime[:date_delimitor_symbol_index-1]
                date_time = datetime.strptime(web_datetime,"%Y/%m/%d %H:%M")
                #print("date_time:", date_time)
                ans = None
                try:
                    ans = date_time.strftime(my_datetime_foramted)
                except Exception as exc:
                    pass
                inferred_answer_string = ans
                #print("my_anwser:", ans)

    return inferred_answer_string

def get_answer_list_from_question_string(registrationsNewApp_div, captcha_text_div_text):
    show_debug_message = True       # debug.
    show_debug_message = False      # online

    inferred_answer_string = None
    answer_list = []

    CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL = "範例"
    CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL = "輸入"

    if captcha_text_div_text is None:
        captcha_text_div_text = ""

    # 請在下方空白處輸入引號內文字：
    # 請回答下列問題,請在下方空格輸入DELIGHT（請以半形輸入法作答，大小寫需要一模一樣）
    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        is_use_quota_message = False
        if "「" in captcha_text_div_text and "」" in captcha_text_div_text:
            # test for rule#1, it's seem very easy conflict...
            match_quota_text_items = ["空白","輸入","引號","文字"]
            is_match_quota_text = True
            for each_quota_text in match_quota_text_items:
                if not each_quota_text in captcha_text_div_text:
                    is_match_quota_text = False
            if is_match_quota_text:
                is_use_quota_message = True
        #print("is_use_quota_message:" , is_use_quota_message)
        if is_use_quota_message:
            temp_answer = find_between(captcha_text_div_text, "「", "」")
            temp_answer = temp_answer.strip()
            if len(temp_answer) > 0:
                inferred_answer_string = temp_answer
            #print("find captcha text:" , inferred_answer_string)

    # 請在下方空白處輸入括號內數字
    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        formated_html_text = captcha_text_div_text.strip()
        formated_html_text = format_quota_string(formated_html_text)
        formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('請輸入','輸入')

        formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('的','')
        formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('之內','內')
        formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('之中','中')

        formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('括弧','括號')
        formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('引號','括號')

        formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('括號中','括號內')

        formated_html_text = formated_html_text.replace('數字','文字')

        is_match_input_quota_text = False
        if len(formated_html_text) <= 30:
            if not '\n' in formated_html_text:
                if '【' in formated_html_text and '】' in formated_html_text:
                    is_match_input_quota_text = True

        # check target text terms.
        if is_match_input_quota_text:
            target_text_list = ["輸入","括號","文字"]
            for item in target_text_list:
                if not item in formated_html_text:
                    is_match_input_quota_text = False
                    break

        if is_match_input_quota_text:
            temp_answer = find_between(formated_html_text, "【", "】")
            temp_answer = temp_answer.strip()
            if len(temp_answer) > 0:
                temp_answer = temp_answer.replace(' ','')

                # check raw question.
                if '數字' in captcha_text_div_text:
                    temp_answer = normalize_chinese_numeric(temp_answer)

                inferred_answer_string = temp_answer

    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        is_use_quota_message = False
        if "【" in captcha_text_div_text and "】" in captcha_text_div_text:
            if '下' in captcha_text_div_text and '空' in captcha_text_div_text and CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL in captcha_text_div_text and '引號' in captcha_text_div_text and '字' in captcha_text_div_text:
                is_use_quota_message = True
            if '半形' in captcha_text_div_text and CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL in captcha_text_div_text and '引號' in captcha_text_div_text and '字' in captcha_text_div_text:
                is_use_quota_message = True
        #print("is_use_quota_message:" , is_use_quota_message)
        if is_use_quota_message:
            inferred_answer_string = find_between(captcha_text_div_text, "【", "】")
            inferred_answer_string = inferred_answer_string.strip()
            #print("find captcha text:" , inferred_answer_string)

    # parse '演出日期'
    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        inferred_answer_string = get_answer_string_from_web_date(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, registrationsNewApp_div, captcha_text_div_text)

    # parse '演出時間'
    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        inferred_answer_string = get_answer_string_from_web_time(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, registrationsNewApp_div, captcha_text_div_text)

    # name of event.
    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        if "name of event" in captcha_text_div_text:
            if '(' in captcha_text_div_text and ')' in captcha_text_div_text and 'ans:' in captcha_text_div_text.lower():
                target_symbol = "("
                star_index = captcha_text_div_text.find(target_symbol)
                target_symbol = ":"
                star_index = captcha_text_div_text.find(target_symbol, star_index)
                target_symbol = ")"
                end_index = captcha_text_div_text.find(target_symbol, star_index)
                inferred_answer_string = captcha_text_div_text[star_index+1:end_index]
                #print("inferred_answer_string:", inferred_answer_string)

    # 二題式，組合問題。
    is_combine_two_question = False
    if "第一題" in captcha_text_div_text and "第二題" in captcha_text_div_text:
        is_combine_two_question = True
    if "Q1." in captcha_text_div_text and "Q2." in captcha_text_div_text:
        if "二題" in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_combine_two_question = True
        if "2題" in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_combine_two_question = True
    if "Q1:" in captcha_text_div_text and "Q2:" in captcha_text_div_text:
        if "二題" in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_combine_two_question = True
        if "2題" in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_combine_two_question = True
    if "Q1 " in captcha_text_div_text and "Q2 " in captcha_text_div_text:
        if "二題" in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_combine_two_question = True
        if "2題" in captcha_text_div_text:
            is_combine_two_question = True
    if is_combine_two_question:
        inferred_answer_string = None
    #print("is_combine_two_question:", is_combine_two_question)

    # still no answer.
    if inferred_answer_string is None:
        if not is_combine_two_question:
            answer_list = get_answer_list_by_question(CONST_EXAMPLE_SYMBOL, CONST_INPUT_SYMBOL, captcha_text_div_text)
            if show_debug_message:
                print("guess answer list:", answer_list)
        else:
            if show_debug_message:
                print("skip to guess answer because of combine question...")

    else:
        if show_debug_message:
            print("got an inferred_answer_string:", inferred_answer_string)
        answer_list = [inferred_answer_string]

    return answer_list

def kktix_get_registerStatus(event_code):
    html_result = None

    url = "https://kktix.com/g/events/%s/register_info" % (event_code)
    #print('event_code:',event_code)
    #print("url:", url)

    headers = {"Accept-Language": "zh-TW,zh;q=0.5", 'User-Agent': USER_AGENT}
    try:
        html_result = requests.get(url , headers=headers, timeout=0.7, allow_redirects=False)
    except Exception as exc:
        html_result = None
        print("send reg_info request fail:")
        print(exc)

    registerStatus = ""
    if not html_result is None:
        status_code = html_result.status_code
        #print("status_code:",status_code)
        if status_code == 200:
            html_text = html_result.text
            #print("html_text:", html_text)
            try:
                jsLoads = json.loads(html_text)
                if 'inventory' in jsLoads:
                    if 'registerStatus' in jsLoads['inventory']:
                        registerStatus = jsLoads['inventory']['registerStatus']
            except Exception as exc:
                print("load reg_info json fail:")
                print(exc)
                pass

    #print("registerStatus:", registerStatus)
    return registerStatus

def kktix_get_event_code(url):
    event_code = ""
    if '/registrations/new' in url:
        prefix_list = ['.com/events/','.cc/events/']
        postfix = '/registrations/new'

        for prefix in prefix_list:
            event_code = find_between(url,prefix,postfix)
            if len(event_code) > 0:
                break

    #print('event_code:',event_code)
    return event_code

def get_kktix_status_by_url(url):
    registerStatus = ""
    if len(url) > 0:
        event_code = kktix_get_event_code(url)
        #print(event_code)
        if len(event_code) > 0:
            registerStatus = kktix_get_registerStatus(event_code)
            #print(registerStatus)
    return registerStatus

def launch_maxbot(script_name="chrome_tixcraft", filename="", homepage="", kktix_account = "", kktix_password="", window_size="", headless=""):
    cmd_argument = []
    if len(filename) > 0:
        cmd_argument.append('--input=' + filename)
    if len(homepage) > 0:
        cmd_argument.append('--homepage=' + homepage)
    if len(kktix_account) > 0:
        cmd_argument.append('--kktix_account=' + kktix_account)
    if len(kktix_password) > 0:
        cmd_argument.append('--kktix_password=' + kktix_password)
    if len(window_size) > 0:
        cmd_argument.append('--window_size=' + window_size)
    if len(headless) > 0:
        cmd_argument.append('--headless=' + headless)

    working_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
    if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
        print("execute in frozen mode")
        # check platform here.
        cmd = './' + script_name + ' '.join(cmd_argument)
        if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
            print("execute MacOS python script")
        if platform.system() == 'Linux':
            print("execute linux binary")
        if platform.system() == 'Windows':
            print("execute .exe binary.")
            cmd = script_name + '.exe ' + ' '.join(cmd_argument)
        subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, cwd=working_dir)
    else:
        interpreter_binary = 'python'
        interpreter_binary_alt = 'python3'
        if platform.system() != 'Windows':
            interpreter_binary = 'python3'
            interpreter_binary_alt = 'python'
        print("execute in shell mode.")

        try:
            print('try', interpreter_binary)
            cmd_array = [interpreter_binary, script_name + '.py'] + cmd_argument
            s=subprocess.Popen(cmd_array, cwd=working_dir)
        except Exception as exc:
            print('try', interpreter_binary_alt)
            try:
                cmd_array = [interpreter_binary_alt, script_name + '.py'] + cmd_argument
                s=subprocess.Popen(cmd_array, cwd=working_dir)
            except Exception as exc:
                msg=str(exc)
                print("exeption:", msg)
                pass