CSSSelector

A fully CSS3 compilant selector for htmlparse-node parses.

Requirements

Uses components from js-library

Usage


var fCSSSelector = require("fCSSSelector");

fCSSSelector(parsedhtml, selector);

Where parsedhtml is the output docuement from node-htmlparser, and selector is any valid CSS3 selector.

Supported selectors

Rather than provide a complete BNF, suffice it to say that all of the forms suggested below are supported

selector = element.class[attribute=val]:pseudo(argument),selector

Pseudo selectors:

All the standard CSS3 pseudo selectors are supported, as well as some non-standard ones. Here's a compelete list:

first-child
last-child
nth-child
nth-last-child
first-of-type
last-of-type
only-of-type
nth-of-type
nth-last-of-type
empty
not
contains

A complete example

var nsHtmlparser = require("htmlparser");
var fCSSSelector = require("fCSSSelector");

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// fFindMatchingElements
//   find the elements within an html string which match the provided selector
//
// Params:
//   shtml := string containing html
//   sSelector := css selector of interest
//   fCallback := function(err, ve), called with array of matching elements
//
function fFindMatchingElements = function (shtml, sSelector, fCallback){
	(new nsHtmlparser.Parser(
		new nsHtmlparser.DefaultHandler(
			function(err, veDocument){
				if (err){return fCallback(err);	}
				var veSelection = fCSSSelector(veDocument, selector);
				fCallback(null, veSelection);
			}
		)
	)).parseComplete(shtml);
};


// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// fPrintElements
//   A callback function which does something with the results
//
var fPrintElements = function(err, ve){
	console.log(err || ve);
};


// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// some examples
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// readFile() is a much better idea, but readFileSync() is used for clarity
var shtml = require("fs").readFileSync("my.html").toString();

// find all the links
fFindMatchingElements(shtml, "a", fPrintElements);

// find all the headers
fFindMatchingElements(shtml, "h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,h7", fPrintElements);

// find all elements of class foo which are the 2nd child 
// or of class bar, but not of class baz
fFindMatchingElements(shtml, ".foo:nth-child(2n),.bar:not(.baz)", fPrintElements);

Inspiration

Inspired by soupselect

License

The MIT License (MIT)

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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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