macOS how to export ''Keywords" , "Description" tag in HTML file using LIbXml?

[saleh.hi.62]

hello guys,

how to export ''Keywords" , "Description" tag in HTML file using LIbXml?

i tried this:

/html/head/meta/keywords

it's not correct ! how can i do it correctly?

 

[MasConejos]

For keywords, assuming you want the text in the content attribute:

/html/head/meta[@name="keywords"]/@content

For description:

/html/head/meta[@name="description"]/@content

Keep in mind that the html you are trying to parse/query needs to be xml compliant. Also be aware that xml is case sensitive, so if the html document uses a different case (i.e. <META/> or <meta name="KEYWORDS"/>, etc). then this xpath expression wont work.

You may be better off using DOM or regular expressions, depending on what you want

 

[jiminaus]

Let me reiterate. Go through the XPath tutorial here. http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/. You can't just stab in the dark and expect to get very far.

 

[saleh.hi.62]

For keywords, assuming you want the text in the content attribute:

/html/head/meta[@name="keywords"]/@content

For description:

/html/head/meta[@name="description"]/@content

Keep in mind that the html you are trying to parse/query needs to be xml compliant. Also be aware that xml is case sensitive, so if the html document uses a different case (i.e. <META/> or <meta name="KEYWORDS"/>, etc). then this xpath expression wont work.

You may be better off using DOM or regular expressions, depending on what you want

thank you so much, i have read that tutorial, but its not something very practical and illuminated. !

 

[jiminaus]

i have read that tutorial, but its not something very practical and illuminated. !

So this example of the tutorial wasn't illuminating?

//title[@lang='eng']

Selects all the title elements that have an attribute named lang with a value of 'eng'

You didn't go "Well that's pretty much what I want except I want meta elements that have an attribute named name with a value of description. The forumula seems to be //element[@attribute='value'], perhaps I'll give //meta[@name='description'] a go'. You really didn't run that thought?! Oh, wait, of course you didn't. I seem to have forgotten whose post it is I'm reply to.

 

[saleh.hi.62]

So this example of the tutorial wasn't illuminating?


You didn't go "Well that's pretty much what I want except I want meta elements that have an attribute named name with a value of description. The forumula seems to be //element[@attribute='value'], perhaps I'll give //meta[@name='description'] a go'. You really didn't run that thought?! Oh, wait, of course you didn't. I seem to have forgotten whose post it is I'm reply to.

yes you are right, i was not checking carefully.