Today when experimenting with using importXML in Google Sheets, I ran into a problem. I was attempting to import the title header of a USTA Tournament page into the Google Sheet, however, this did not work as it just resulted in the HTML title of the webpage being displayed ('TournamentHome'). Below is the Google Sheet, and the website that is used:
Google Sheet and Function:
=importXML(F2, "//html//body[#id='thebody']//div[#id='content']//div[#id='pagetitle']")
Website and Section of Source Code Being Used
The title that I am trying to extract from the website is TOWPATH 24th ANNUAL THANKSGIVING JR SINGLES.
The link to the website is https://m.tennislink.usta.com/tournamenthome?T=225779
update:
=REGEXEXTRACT(QUERY(ARRAY_CONSTRAIN(IMPORTDATA(
"https://m.tennislink.usta.com/tournamenthome?T=225779"), 555, 1),
"where Col1 contains 'escape'"), "\(""(.*)""\)")
unfortunately, that won't be possible the way you trying because the field you attempt to scrape is controlled by JavaScript and Google Sheets can't understand/import JS. you can test this simply by disabling JS for a given link and you will see what exactly can be imported into Google Sheets:
How about this sample formula? In this formula, the title value is directly retrieved from the script before the value is put to #pagetitle. Please think of this as just one of several answers.
Sample formula:
=REGEXEXTRACT(IMPORTXML(A1,"//div[#class='tournament_search']/script"),"escape\(""([\w\s\S]+)""")
Result:
When https://m.tennislink.usta.com/TournamentHome/tournament.aspx?T=38079 and https://m.tennislink.usta.com/tournamenthome?T=225779 are put in "A1" and "A2", the results are as follows.
Reference:
REGEXEXTRACT
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I would like to get the "3,776" price in this website.
https://jp.mercari.com/item/m68422230699
I copy the full xpath, but it returs #N/A
=IMPORTXML("https://jp.mercari.com/item/m68422230699","/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div/main/article/div[2]/section[1]/section[1]/div/mer-price//span[2]")
#N/A, in this case, is a result of trying to scrape JavaScript content/elements which Google Sheets does not support. you can test this simply by disabling JS for a given site and what's left can be scraped. in your case it's nothing:
I need a way to insert an image into a specific cell in a specific Google Sheet. If there is any python package and/or slice of code that can accomplish this, please let me know. As far as I am aware Gspread does not have anything helpful.
You can simply insert an image from an URL with a formula like this:
'=image("https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id={}")'.format(file_id)
When you insert/upload the data be sure to choose USER_ENTERED for value input option. https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/ValueInputOption
With gspred:
sheet_instance.insert_rows(rows, value_input_option='USER_ENTERED')
Overall to add image into Google Sheets can be accomplished with Python by first inserting the image file in Google Drive using the Google Drive API:
Here is how to insert it to google drive. - https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files/insert#examples,
and secondly linking to the image in Google Sheets with the Google Sheets API, Here is Google sheets API - https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets#CellData
Note: Look under CellData
There is a google sheet containing a list of MPN's (manufacturer part numbers). Trying to scrape a site called wikiarms for the UPC Codes when I have the MPN for an item.
I have the correct formula for doing this on another site.
=IMPORTXML("http://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_search/"&B1,"//dd/a[../../dt[contains(text(),'UPC')]]|//dd/span[../../dt[contains(text(),'UPC')]]")
Trying to figure out what the correct xpath to complete this formula. Some videos I have watch said to open the page in Chrome and use inspector to select and copy the xpath to complete the importxml function. I tried this with no luck.
Sample
Visit https://www.wikiarms.com/guns?q=20071
In the table there is a button "available in 6 stores" click that to reveal the list. The UPC should be listed after the MPN.
If I copy the xpath in Chrome this is the result
/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/table/tbody/tr[2]/td[5]
=IMPORTXML("https://www.wikiarms.com/guns?q="&B2,"xpath here")
What do I have to add at the end of this formula to pull in the UPC code? I will be using this formula to pull in UPC code for about 1000 items.
Thank you for your help.
Using your sample link, try
=IMPORTXML("https://www.wikiarms.com/guns?q=20071","//td[#class='upc']/a/#title")
and see if it works for you.
I am trying to take data from https://financials.morningstar.com/ratios/r.html?t=0P0000032S&culture=en&platform=sal and use the values in the table in a Google sheet. This is table1 when I inspect the element but when I use:
=IMPORTHTML("https://financials.morningstar.com/ratios/r.html?t=0P0000032S&culture=en&platform=sal","table",1)
on google sheets, it says the imported content is empty? Any help on how to import this data?
I've tried importhtml using table number references found when I inspected the page.
unfortunately, that won't be possible because the site is controlled by JavaScript and Google Sheets can't understand/import JS. you can test this simply by disabling JS for a given link and you will see a blank page:
I'm trying to Import a table from "https://www.ebay.com/itm/100-NEW-ALTERNATOR-VW-GOLF-GTI-GL-GLS-1-8T-1-8-2L-99-06-90A-1-YR-WARRANTY-13852/301364941754?fits=Model%3AJetta&hash=item462ac013ba:g:v7oAAOSw~YRagU4N&vxp=mtr" to a Google Spread sheet using =IMPORTXML function, The Formula I was using as below,
A1 = https://www.ebay.com/itm/100-NEW-ALTERNATOR-VW-GOLF-GTI-GL-GLS-1-8T-1-8-2L-99-06-90A-1-YR-WARRANTY-13852/301364941754?fits=Model%3AJetta&hash=item462ac013ba:g:v7oAAOSw~YRagU4N&vxp=mtr
A2 = //*[#id="w1-20ctbl"]
A3 = =IMPORTXML(A1,A2)
But it returns nothing and It says "Imported content is empty."
Can Somebody help me, I'm new to google sheet scripting and I'll really grateful if somebody can help me.
waiting to hearing from somebody....
Thanks
You cannot access the pictured table using IMPORTXML or any built-in Google Sheets formula because the table is generated when a user visits the website.
If you look at the page source, you'll see that the table does not exist. IMPORTPATH looks at this page source, which is the content before javascript rendering by the browser. When you "inspect" an element in your browser, it's inspecting the content after the javascript has been rendered.
Unfortunately, there is not a simple way to get the data you're looking for. You'll have to find or build your own scraping tool. Be careful not to violate eBay terms of use or any local laws.