wc_html_text: Extract attributes, text and tag name from webclient page...

In hrbrmstr/htmlunit: Tools to Scrape Dynamic Web Content via the 'HtmlUnit' Java Library

Extract attributes, text and tag name from webclient page html content

Description

Extract attributes, text and tag name from webclient page html content

Usage

wc_html_text(dom_node, trim = FALSE)

wc_html_attr(dom_node, attr)

wc_html_name(dom_node)

Arguments

dom_node	a webclient page DOM node (likely produced by wc_html_nodes())
trim	if TRUE will trim leading/trailing white space
attr	name of attribute to retrieve

Examples

## Not run: 
wc <- web_client()

wc %>% wc_go("https://usa.gov/")

wc %>%
  wc_html_nodes("a") %>%
  sapply(wc_html_text)

wc %>%
  wc_html_nodes(xpath=".//a") %>%
  sapply(wc_html_text)

wc %>%
  wc_html_nodes(xpath=".//a") %>%
  sapply(wc_html_attr, "href")

## End(Not run)

hrbrmstr/htmlunit documentation built on July 4, 2025, 12:45 a.m.