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Description
The " Parse data" action allows you to obtain the necessary information from the data source, according to a variety of conditions, which makes the search more flexible, and therefore more accurate.
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Through the context menu: Add Action → Tabs → Parse the Page
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Or use smart search .
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Usage example
An illustrative example of how the " Collect data from a page " action works is the requirement:
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As a result, we will get the data into the project list, which will contain only unique internal links of the current page. And using the Remove duplicates function, we will leave only unique links in the list.
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Detailed overview of the "Parse data" action properties window
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After selecting the data source "Variable ", the following list of parameters will appear:
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Variable name - the project variable that contains the HTML code.
Selector type - query language: XPath or CSS Selector .
Selector is a path that tells you which element (or elements) of a web page should be addressed using the query language: XPath or CSS Selector .
Attribute is a property of an HTML tag that needs to be obtained in the collection descent.
Filter result - boolean value, if the checkbox is checked, then you can use the condition to the object: Contains, Does not contain, Regex (regular expression).
Range is a condition by which you can select data from an array of objects.
Save result - after the end of data collection, place the result in a variable or list .
Active tab (current page)
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Data type (source: DOM, Html, what is the difference?) - from which we get data to work with objects (s).
Visible items only - those objects that are available within the visible area of the current page.
Search in all frames (from the English frame) - an independent, embedded HTML document, which may contain the necessary data, or vice versa.
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An alternative way to quickly configure data collection is located in the context menu of the "Element tree" panel → item " Parse data ". In the window that opens, you can, in a few clicks of the mouse, set the search parameters and start immediately collecting information, and all this in a couple of clicks, and yes, without much knowledge of the XPath query language or CSS Selector .
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