Questions tagged [xpath]
XPath is a language for addressing parts of an XML document that can be used by some web apps like Google Sheets to import structured data.
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xPath_query from IMPORTXML in Google sheets ends up empty
So, in these covid19-infested days I want to update our digital signage with the current situation. Want to use google sheets and IMPORTXML to fetch data from a website that is frequently updated with ...
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Google Sheets IMPORTXML's XPath Query for Siblings
What XPATH syntax works with Google Sheet's IMPORTXML function that will retrieve multiple siblings and place them in separate cells?
In this XML output, I'm trying to retrieve all elements within &...
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Creating a Table in Google Sheets from XML Output with Multiple Children Levels
How to create a table in Google Sheets from an XML output with multiple children levels?
I'm trying to create a table in Google Sheets with data sourced from an XML output. The XML source is here.
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ImportXML error: 'imported content is empty' when selecting for text within a list item
I want to scrape a text within this website in google sheets with the IMPORTXML function. Through dev tools by inspecting the text in question, I get the corresponding HTML:
<li _ngcontent-udl-c4="...
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How to find the original source to get the xPath
I'm trying to get an updating list from a store on Taobao.com
I've tried using importxml to get the list using xpath but I keep getting "import content is empty" error.
=IMPORTXML("https://...
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ImportXML not loading due to number of requests
I am working on this sheet and it has a lot of ImportXML requests between columns N-Q.
And because of the high number of requests, it seems like the ImportXML function is not working properly (it ...
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Scraping currency conversion rate from Oanda.com
A currency conversation formula for example:
=GOOGLEFINANCE("CURRENCY:"&C$2, "price", A3,)
Will display the closing price by default under "price". There is no option for the Average price. ...
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Get translation using Google Sheets and IMPORTXML
I want to scrap the phonetic guide for a translation in Google Translator using Google Sheets.
For instance, if you enter the page:
https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=...
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I am looking to fetch a table from a website in Google Sheets
I want the first table on this URL https://www.cashbackmonitor.com/cashback-store/amazon/ in my google sheet.
When I put this function (below), I can retrieve the first column of the first table e.g....
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How to fetch data in Google sheet using Import XML function with Xpath?
https://www.monito.com/send-money/australia/india/aud/inr/1000
Please open the URL and see what Query should I put to extract following data (=IMPORTXML("https://www.monito.com/send-money/australia/...
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Import Bitcoin price in EUR using the IMPORTXML fucntion
Hello does anybody know how to import the Bitcoin price in euro into a Google Sheets document by using the IMPORTXML function?
I am as far as I get the Bitcoin USD price -
=IMPORTXML("https://...
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Google Spreadsheet IMPORTXML problem to extract from a web page
I'm trying to extract the "Comestibilité" and "Remarques" parts from a page using IMPORTXML in my Google Spreadsheet but I just can't get to them, they are generated by JavaScript but I cannot figure ...
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My ImportXML with XPath doesn't work
I've got a problem. I'm trying to import data in my google sheet document using =ImportXML with XPath from this page : https://www.boursorama.com/bourse/produits-de-bourse/cours/warrants/...
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Unable to importxml from this URL
I am trying to fetch url using =importxml in Google Sheets, but getting error message, could not connect to url.
He is the formula which I am using:
=IMPORTXML("https://api.exotel.com/v1/Accounts/...
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Pull information about each game from boardgamegeek.com
I am trying to create a Google Sheet to combine several peoples' board game collections. I want the sheet to pull information about each game from boardgamegeek.com.
Example Page: https://...
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Function always parses column in first row but would like it to repeat
I am trying to make a function that repeats in each row of a column that fetches the URL in the first column, does an xpath query and gets an image.
Currently its all working other than the fact it ...
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Google Sheets importxml() can't fetch from eoddata.com
I'm trying to fetch a piece of data using importxml() but it just fails with "Loading..." and never resolves. Other pages have no such problem at all, just this one and I don't know why.
Here is the ...
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Query to Import HTML / XML Data Into Google Spreadsheets
I'm using Google Spreadsheets to retrieve a data table ('id=idp6855942304') from this site. The full sets of tables can be viewed by clicking on "All Reports" from the menus on the left side of the ...
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How to Determine the Xpath Query to a Datapoint in a Table for Use with IMPORTXML?
I'm looking to retrieve the most recent financial figure for a single data point from a table using IMPORTXML.
The target page displays three sets of financial figures for a company on quarterly and ...
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Using Google Spreasheet's IMPORTXML Function to Download Selected Multiple Columns
I use Excel's XML mapping to download RSS feeds and select elements to display in column. I'm currently using Google Spreadsheet's IMPORTXML functions and trying to recreate my below Excel results.
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Present importXML output in reverse order
How to reverse the order of the output of imporxml? For example, =importxml("http://example.com","//p") outputs
+---+---------------------+
| 1 | This domain is ... |
| 2 | More information... |
+--...
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Prevent importXML from spilling text across multiple columns
When importing chat transcript by importXML, e.g.,
=IMPORTXML("http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/7/2015/8/13", "//div[@class='content']")
I find that some messages split across several ...
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ImportXML with XPath does not return an entry of a table
Using Google Sheets with IMPORTXML to scrape a piece of information from a website via XPath.
Here's the site (click here).
The specific piece of information I'm trying to extract is the Price/Sales ...
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Extracting GICS codes from Fidelity website
This is the website:
https://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/goto/evaluate/snapshot.jhtml?symbols=aapl&type=o-NavBar
I'm trying to pull out the following two pieces of data into a Google Sheet:
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Unable to import pricing info from toysrus.com into a Google Spreadsheet
I'm trying to pull live pricing from a given toysrus.com item into a Google Spreadsheet (one item/price per row), and am having no luck whatsoever. Importxml(url, xpath) does not work (similar to the ...
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xpath to get non-distinct parent node data for each child node
Google Spreadsheets has an IMPORTXML function, which I am trying to use to maintain a list of TV episodes, based on the API at http://services.tvrage.com/feeds/episode_list.php?sid=3183.
I am trying ...
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Google Docs ImportXML can't scrape anymore?
ImportXML lets you get information from filetypes such as xml, html, csv, tsv, as well as RSS and Atom feeds.
This example in Google Docs Help for importXml function -
=importXml("toysrus.com";; "/...
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In Google Spreadsheets the xPath method with Google Maps don't work anymore?
I've used this query to calculate distance between two locations, now it won't work anymore, and returns the error xPath query didn't get any result (translated from Italian, I don't know if is the ...
