rvest (version 0.3.1)

html_text: Extract attributes, text and tag name from html.

Description

Extract attributes, text and tag name from html.

Usage

html_text(x, trim = FALSE)
html_name(x)
html_children(x)
html_attrs(x)
html_attr(x, name, default = NA_character_)

Arguments

x

A document, node, or node set.

trim

If TRUE will trim leading and trailing spaces.

name

Name of attribute to retrieve.

default

A string used as a default value when the attribute does not exist in every node.

Value

• html_attr, html_tag and html_text, a character vector; html_attrs, a list.

Examples

movie <- read_html("http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490017/")
cast <- html_nodes(movie, "#titleCast span.itemprop")
html_text(cast)
html_name(cast)
html_attrs(cast)
html_attr(cast, "class")