#> 1 1 1 2 #> 2 3 3 NA #> 3 4 NA NA"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/html_text.html","id":null,"dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Get element text — html_text","title":"Get element text — html_text","text":"two ways retrieve text element: html_text() html_text2(). html_text() thin wrapper around xml2::xml_text() returns just raw underlying text. html_text2() simulates text looks browser, using approach inspired JavaScript's innerText(). Roughly speaking, converts
\"\\n\", adds blank lines around tags, lightly formats tabular data. html_text2() usually want, much slower html_text() simple applications performance important may want use html_text() instead.","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/html_text.html","id":"ref-usage","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Usage","title":"Get element text — html_text","text":"","code":"html_text(x, trim = FALSE) html_text2(x, preserve_nbsp = FALSE)"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/html_text.html","id":"arguments","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Arguments","title":"Get element text — html_text","text":"x document, node, node set. trim TRUE trim leading trailing spaces. preserve_nbsp non-breaking spaces preserved? default, html_text2() converts ordinary spaces ease computation. preserve_nbsp TRUE, appear strings \"\\ua0\". often causes confusion prints way \" \".","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/html_text.html","id":"value","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Value","title":"Get element text — html_text","text":"character vector length x","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/html_text.html","id":"ref-examples","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Examples","title":"Get element text — html_text","text":"","code":"# To understand the difference between html_text() and html_text2() # take the following html: html <- minimal_html( \"
This is a paragraph. This another sentence.
This should start on a new line\" ) # html_text() returns the raw underlying text, which includes whitespace # that would be ignored by a browser, and ignores the
html %>% html_element(\"p\") %>% html_text() %>% writeLines() #> This is a paragraph. #> This another sentence.This should start on a new line # html_text2() simulates what a browser would display. Non-significant # whitespace is collapsed, and
is turned into a line break html %>% html_element(\"p\") %>% html_text2() %>% writeLines() #> This is a paragraph. This another sentence. #> This should start on a new line # By default, html_text2() also converts non-breaking spaces to regular # spaces: html <- minimal_html(\"
x y<\/p>\") x1 <- html %>% html_element(\"p\") %>% html_text() x2 <- html %>% html_element(\"p\") %>% html_text2() # When printed, non-breaking spaces look exactly like regular spaces x1 #> [1] \"x y\" x2 #> [1] \"x y\" # But aren't actually the same: x1 == x2 #> [1] FALSE # Which you can confirm by looking at their underlying binary # representaion: charToRaw(x1) #> [1] 78 c2 a0 79 charToRaw(x2) #> [1] 78 20 79"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/minimal_html.html","id":null,"dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Create an HTML document from inline HTML — minimal_html","title":"Create an HTML document from inline HTML — minimal_html","text":"Create HTML document inline HTML","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/minimal_html.html","id":"ref-usage","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Usage","title":"Create an HTML document from inline HTML — minimal_html","text":"","code":"minimal_html(html, title = \"\")"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/minimal_html.html","id":"arguments","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Arguments","title":"Create an HTML document from inline HTML — minimal_html","text":"html HTML contents page. title Page title (required HTML spec).","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/minimal_html.html","id":"ref-examples","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Examples","title":"Create an HTML document from inline HTML — minimal_html","text":"","code":"minimal_html(\"
test<\/p>\") #> {html_document} #> #> [1]
\\n [2] test<\/p><\/body>"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/read_html.html","id":null,"dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Static web scraping (with xml2) — read_html","title":"Static web scraping (with xml2) — read_html","text":"read_html() works performing HTTP request parsing HTML received using xml2 package. \"static\" scraping operates raw HTML file. works sites, cases need use read_html_live() parts page want scrape dynamically generated javascript. Generally, recommend using read_html() works, faster robust, fewer external dependencies (.e. rely Chrome web browser installed computer.)","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/read_html.html","id":"ref-usage","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Usage","title":"Static web scraping (with xml2) — read_html","text":"","code":"read_html(x, encoding = \"\", ..., options = c(\"RECOVER\", \"NOERROR\", \"NOBLANKS\"))"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/read_html.html","id":"arguments","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Arguments","title":"Static web scraping (with xml2) — read_html","text":"x Usually string representing URL. See xml2::read_html() options. encoding Specify default encoding document. Unless otherwise specified XML documents assumed UTF-8 UTF-16. document UTF-8/16, lacks explicit encoding directive, allows supply default. ... Additional arguments passed methods. options Set parsing options libxml2 parser. Zero RECOVER recover errors NOENT substitute entities DTDLOAD load external subset DTDATTR default DTD attributes DTDVALID validate DTD NOERROR suppress error reports NOWARNING suppress warning reports PEDANTIC pedantic error reporting NOBLANKS remove blank nodes SAX1 use SAX1 interface internally XINCLUDE Implement XInclude substitition NONET Forbid network access NODICT reuse context dictionary NSCLEAN remove redundant namespaces declarations NOCDATA merge CDATA text nodes NOXINCNODE generate XINCLUDE START/END nodes COMPACT compact small text nodes; modification tree allowed afterwards (possibly crash try modify tree) OLD10 parse using XML-1.0 update 5 NOBASEFIX fixup XINCLUDE xml:base uris HUGE relax hardcoded limit parser OLDSAX parse using SAX2 interface 2.7.0 IGNORE_ENC ignore internal document encoding hint BIG_LINES Store big lines numbers text PSVI field","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/read_html.html","id":"ref-examples","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Examples","title":"Static web scraping (with xml2) — read_html","text":"","code":"# Start by reading a HTML page with read_html(): starwars <- read_html(\"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/articles/starwars.html\") # Then find elements that match a css selector or XPath expression # using html_elements(). In this example, each corresponds # to a different film films <- starwars %>% html_elements(\"section\") films #> {xml_nodeset (7)} #> [1] \\nThe Phantom Menace\\n<\/h2>\\n
\\nReleased ... #> [2] \\nAttack of the Clones\\n<\/h2>\\n
\\nReleas ... #> [3] \\nRevenge of the Sith\\n<\/h2>\\n
\\nRelease ... #> [4] \\nA New Hope\\n<\/h2>\\n
\\nReleased: 1977-0 ... #> [5] \\nThe Empire Strikes Back\\n<\/h2>\\n
\\nRel ... #> [6] \\nReturn of the Jedi\\n<\/h2>\\n
\\nReleased ... #> [7] \\nThe Force Awakens\\n<\/h2>\\n
\\nReleased: ... # Then use html_element() to extract one element per film. Here # we the title is given by the text inside
title <- films %>% html_element(\"h2\") %>% html_text2() title #> [1] \"The Phantom Menace\" \"Attack of the Clones\" #> [3] \"Revenge of the Sith\" \"A New Hope\" #> [5] \"The Empire Strikes Back\" \"Return of the Jedi\" #> [7] \"The Force Awakens\" # Or use html_attr() to get data out of attributes. html_attr() always # returns a string so we convert it to an integer using a readr function episode <- films %>% html_element(\"h2\") %>% html_attr(\"data-id\") %>% readr::parse_integer() episode #> [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/read_html_live.html","id":null,"dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Live web scraping (with chromote) — read_html_live","title":"Live web scraping (with chromote) — read_html_live","text":"read_html() operates HTML source code downloaded server. works websites can fail site uses javascript generate HTML. read_html_live() provides alternative interface runs live web browser (Chrome) background. allows access elements HTML page generated dynamically javascript interact live page clicking buttons typing forms. Behind scenes, function uses chromote package, requires copy Google Chrome installed machine.","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/read_html_live.html","id":"ref-usage","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Usage","title":"Live web scraping (with chromote) — read_html_live","text":"","code":"read_html_live(url)"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/read_html_live.html","id":"arguments","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Arguments","title":"Live web scraping (with chromote) — read_html_live","text":"url Website url read .","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/read_html_live.html","id":"value","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Value","title":"Live web scraping (with chromote) — read_html_live","text":"read_html_live() returns R6 LiveHTML object. can interact object using usual rvest functions, call methods, like $click(), $scroll_to(), $type() interact live page like human .","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/read_html_live.html","id":"ref-examples","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Examples","title":"Live web scraping (with chromote) — read_html_live","text":"","code":"if (FALSE) { # When we retrieve the raw HTML for this site, it doesn't contain the # data we're interested in: static <- read_html(\"https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/\") static %>% html_elements(\".TopColleges2023_tableRow__BYOSU\") # Instead, we need to run the site in a real web browser, causing it to # download a JSON file and then dynamically generate the html: sess <- read_html_live(\"https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/\") sess$view() rows <- sess %>% html_elements(\".TopColleges2023_tableRow__BYOSU\") rows %>% html_element(\".TopColleges2023_organizationName__J1lEV\") %>% html_text() rows %>% html_element(\".grant-aid\") %>% html_text() }"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/reexports.html","id":null,"dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Objects exported from other packages — reexports","title":"Objects exported from other packages — reexports","text":"objects imported packages. Follow links see documentation. magrittr %>% xml2 url_absolute","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/rename.html","id":null,"dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Functions renamed in rvest 1.0.0 — rename","title":"Functions renamed in rvest 1.0.0 — rename","text":"rvest 1.0.0 renamed number functions ensure every function common prefix, matching tidyverse conventions emerged since rvest first created. set_values() -> html_form_set() submit_form() -> session_submit() xml_tag() -> html_name() xml_node() & html_node() -> html_element() xml_nodes() & html_nodes() -> html_elements() (html_node() html_nodes() superseded widely used.) Additionally session related functions gained common prefix: html_session() -> session() forward() -> session_forward() back() -> session_back() jump_to() -> session_jump_to() follow_link() -> session_follow_link()","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/rename.html","id":"ref-usage","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Usage","title":"Functions renamed in rvest 1.0.0 — rename","text":"","code":"set_values(form, ...) submit_form(session, form, submit = NULL, ...) xml_tag(x) xml_node(...) xml_nodes(...) html_nodes(...) html_node(...) back(x) forward(x) jump_to(x, url, ...) follow_link(x, ...) html_session(url, ...)"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/repair_encoding.html","id":null,"dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Repair faulty encoding — repair_encoding","title":"Repair faulty encoding — repair_encoding","text":"function deprecated work. Instead re-read HTML file correct encoding argument.","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/repair_encoding.html","id":"ref-usage","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Usage","title":"Repair faulty encoding — repair_encoding","text":"","code":"repair_encoding(x, from = NULL)"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/repair_encoding.html","id":"arguments","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Arguments","title":"Repair faulty encoding — repair_encoding","text":"encoding string actually . NULL, guess_encoding used.","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/rvest-package.html","id":null,"dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"rvest: Easily Harvest (Scrape) Web Pages — rvest-package","title":"rvest: Easily Harvest (Scrape) Web Pages — rvest-package","text":"Wrappers around 'xml2' 'httr' packages make easy download, manipulate, HTML XML.","code":""},{"path":[]},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/rvest-package.html","id":"author","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Author","title":"rvest: Easily Harvest (Scrape) Web Pages — rvest-package","text":"Maintainer: Hadley Wickham hadley@posit.co contributors: Posit Software, PBC [copyright holder, funder]","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/session.html","id":null,"dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Simulate a session in web browser — session","title":"Simulate a session in web browser — session","text":"set functions allows simulate user interacting website, using forms navigating page page. Create session session(url) Navigate specified url session_jump_to(), follow link page session_follow_link(). Submit html_form session_submit(). View history session_history() navigate back forward session_back() session_forward(). Extract page contents html_element() html_elements(), get complete HTML document read_html(). Inspect HTTP response httr::cookies(), httr::headers(), httr::status_code().","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/session.html","id":"ref-usage","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Usage","title":"Simulate a session in web browser — session","text":"","code":"session(url, ...) is.session(x) session_jump_to(x, url, ...) session_follow_link(x, i, css, xpath, ...) session_back(x) session_forward(x) session_history(x) session_submit(x, form, submit = NULL, ...)"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/session.html","id":"arguments","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Arguments","title":"Simulate a session in web browser — session","text":"url URL, either relative absolute, navigate . ... additional httr config use throughout session. x session. integer select ith link string match first link containing text (case sensitive). css, xpath Elements select. Supply one css xpath depending whether want use CSS selector XPath 1.0 expression. form html_form submit submit button used submit form? NULL, default, uses first button. string selects button name. number selects button using relative position.","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/reference/session.html","id":"ref-examples","dir":"Reference","previous_headings":"","what":"Examples","title":"Simulate a session in web browser — session","text":"","code":"s <- session(\"http://hadley.nz\") s %>% session_jump_to(\"hadley-wickham.jpg\") %>% session_jump_to(\"/\") %>% session_history() #> Warning: Not Found (HTTP 404). #> https://hadley.nz/ #> https://hadley.nz/hadley-wickham.jpg #> - https://hadley.nz/ s %>% session_jump_to(\"hadley-wickham.jpg\") %>% session_back() %>% session_history() #> Warning: Not Found (HTTP 404). #> - https://hadley.nz/ #> https://hadley.nz/hadley-wickham.jpg # \\donttest{ s %>% session_follow_link(css = \"p a\") %>% html_elements(\"p\") #> Navigating to . #> {xml_nodeset (16)} #> [1] See you in Seattle August 12-14!<\/p> #> [2]
Securely share data-science applications
\\n across your team ... #> [3]
Our code is your code. Build on it. Share it. Improve people’s ... #> [4]
Take the time and effort out of uploading, storing, accessing, ... #> [5]
\\n Custome ... #> [6]
\\n ... #> [7]
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\\n ... #> [11]
\\n ... #> [12]
\\n ... #> [13]
\\n ... #> [14]
\\n ... #> [15]
\\n con ... #> [16]
We use cookies to bring ... # }"},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/news/index.html","id":"rvest-development-version","dir":"Changelog","previous_headings":"","what":"rvest (development version)","title":"rvest (development version)","text":"New read_html_live() reads HTML real, live, HTML browser, meaning can scrape HTML generated javascript. returns LiveHTML object can also use simulate user interactions page, like clicking, typing, scrolling (#245). html_table() discards rows without cells (@epiben, #360).","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/news/index.html","id":"rvest-103","dir":"Changelog","previous_headings":"","what":"rvest 1.0.3","title":"rvest 1.0.3","text":"CRAN release: 2022-08-19 Re-document fix HTML issues .Rd.","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/news/index.html","id":"rvest-102","dir":"Changelog","previous_headings":"","what":"rvest 1.0.2","title":"rvest 1.0.2","text":"CRAN release: 2021-10-16 Fixes CRAN html_table() converts empty tables empty tibbles (@epiben, #327).","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/news/index.html","id":"rvest-101","dir":"Changelog","previous_headings":"","what":"rvest 1.0.1","title":"rvest 1.0.1","text":"CRAN release: 2021-07-26 html_table() correctly handles tables cells contain blank values rowspan /colspan, e.g.
parsed | (@epiben, #323). Fix broken example","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/news/index.html","id":"rvest-100","dir":"Changelog","previous_headings":"","what":"rvest 1.0.0","title":"rvest 1.0.0","text":"CRAN release: 2021-03-09","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/news/index.html","id":"new-features-1-0-0","dir":"Changelog","previous_headings":"","what":"New features","title":"rvest 1.0.0","text":"New html_text2() provides natural rendering HTML nodes text, converting “”, removing non-significant whitespace (#175). default, also converts regular spaces, can suppress preserve_nbsp = TRUE (#284). html_table() re-written scratch closely mimic algorithm browsers use parsing tables. mean far fewer tables fails produce output (#63, #204, #215). fill argument deprecated since longer needed. html_table() now returns tibble rather data frame compatible rest tidyverse (#199). performance considerably improved (#237). also gains na.strings argument control values converted NA (#107), convert argument control whether run conversion (#311). New html_form_submit() allows submit form directly, without needing create session (#300). rvest now licensed MIT (#287).","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/news/index.html","id":"api-changes-1-0-0","dir":"Changelog","previous_headings":"","what":"API changes","title":"rvest 1.0.0","text":"Since 1.0.0 release, included large number API changes make rvest compatible current tidyverse conventions. Older functions deprecated, existing code continue work (albeit new warnings). rvest now imports xml2 rather depending . cleaner avoids attaching xml2 functions ’re less likely use. reduce change breakages, rvest re-exports xml2 functions read_html() url_absolute(), code may now need explicit library(xml2). html_form() now returns object class rvest_form (instead form). Fields within form now class rvest_field, instead variety classes lacking rvest_ prefix. functions working forms common html_form_ prefix: set_values() became html_form_set(). submit_form() renamed session_submit() returns session. html_node() html_nodes() superseded favor html_element() html_elements() since (almost) always return elements, nodes (#298). html_session() now session() returns object class rvest_session (instead session). functions work session objects now common session_ prefix. Long deprecated html(), html_tag(), xml() functions removed. minimal_html() (doesn’t appear used package) arguments flipped make intuitive. guess_encoding() renamed html_encoding_guess() avoid clash stringr::guess_encoding() (#209). repair_encoding() deprecated doesn’t appear work. pluck() longer exported avoid clash purrr::pluck(); need use purrr::map_chr() friends instead (#209). xml_tag(), xml_node(), xml_nodes() formally deprecated favor html_ equivalents.","code":""},{"path":"https://rvest.tidyverse.org/dev/news/index.html","id":"minor-improvements-and-bug-fixes-1-0-0","dir":"Changelog","previous_headings":"","what":"Minor improvements and bug fixes","title":"rvest 1.0.0","text":"“harvesting web” vignette rewritten focus basics rvest, eliminating screenshots keep installed package svelte possible. ’s also renamed vignette(\"rvest\") since ’s vignette read first. SelectorGadget vignette now web-article, https://rvest.tidyverse.org/articles/articles/selectorgadget.html, can generous screenshots since ’re longer bundled every install package. Together rewrite vignette, means rvest now ~90 Kb instead ~1.1 Mb. uses IMDB eliminated since site explicitly prohibits scraping (#195). session_submit() errors form doesn’t url (#288). New session_forward() function complement session_back(). now allows pick submission button position (#156). ... argument deprecated; please use config instead. html_form_set() can now accept character vectors allowing select multiple checkboxes set select multiple values multi- |