parsel_get_selector_text is a Python library designed to simplify the extraction of text data from HTML or XML documents using XPath queries on parsel Selector objects. It provides a straightforward interface to obtain and optionally fix mojibake (garbled text due to encoding issues).
To install parsel_get_selector_text, use pip:
pip install parsel_get_selector_textThis is the main function of the library, designed to extract all text results from an XPath query on a parsel Selector object.
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parsel_sel(parsel.Selector): TheparselSelector object from which to extract text. -
xpath(str): The XPath query string to specify the text extraction path. -
fix_mojibake(bool, optional): A flag to indicate whether to fix mojibake issues in the extracted text. Default isTrue.
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str: A string containing the concatenated text results from the specified XPath query.
Here's a simple example of how to use the parsel_sel_get_text function:
from parsel import Selector
from parsel_get_selector_text import parsel_sel_get_text
html_content = """
<html>
<body>
<div id="content">
<p>Hello, world!</p>
<p>Welcome to the parsel_get_selector_text library.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
"""
# Create a parsel Selector object
selector = Selector(text=html_content)
# Define the XPath query
xpath_query = "//div[@id='content']/p//text()"
# Extract text using the parsel_sel_get_text function
extracted_text = parsel_sel_get_text(parsel_sel=selector, xpath=xpath_query)
print(extracted_text)Hello, world!
Welcome to the parsel_get_selector_text library.
Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
