/HTMLTables

Import HTML tables as APL arrays

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HTMLTables

Import HTML tables as APL arrays

 HTMLTables.ImportFromURL ← {
    ⍵: Simple character vector URL
  {⍺}: Indices of tables to import (default all ⍳≢tables)
    ←: Return a nested vector of nested matrices. Each matrix contains data from HTML tables fetched from the URL
}

How to use

Load with ]Get

  1. Import with ]Get from this repository's URL

    			]Get https://github.com/aplutils/HTMLTables
#.HTMLTables

    Alternatively, clone this repository or download as .zip and extract

          ]Get /path/to/HTMLTables
#.HTMLTables

    For use in scripts or other applications, import with ⎕SE.Link.Import as part of a build process

          'HTMLTables'⎕NS⍬
      ⎕SE.Link.Import HTMLTables '/path/to/HTMLTables'
      Imported: #.HTMLTables ← /path/to/HTMLTables

  2. Import HttpCommand

    			]Get HttpCommand -target=HTMLTables
#.HTMLTables.HttpCommand

Call HTMLTables.ImportFromURL with a URL:

      5↑4⊃ HTMLTables.ImportFromURL 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wimbledon_gentlemen%27s_singles_champions'
┌──────┬───────┬───────────────┬───────┬───────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
│┌────┐│┌─┬───┐│┌─────────┐    │┌─┬───┐│┌──────────┐   │┌─────────────┐          │
││1968│││ │AUS│││Rod Laver│    ││ │AUS│││Tony Roche│   ││6–3, 6–4, 6–2│          │
│└────┘│└─┴───┘│└─────────┘    │└─┴───┘│└──────────┘   │└─────────────┘          │
├──────┼───────┼───────────────┼───────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│┌────┐│┌─┬───┐│┌─────────┐    │┌─┬───┐│┌─────────────┐│┌──────────────────┐     │
││1969│││ │AUS│││Rod Laver│    ││ │AUS│││John Newcombe│││6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4│     │
│└────┘│└─┴───┘│└─────────┘    │└─┴───┘│└─────────────┘│└──────────────────┘     │
├──────┼───────┼───────────────┼───────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│┌────┐│┌─┬───┐│┌─────────────┐│┌─┬───┐│┌────────────┐ │┌───────────────────────┐│
││1970│││ │AUS│││John Newcombe│││ │AUS│││Ken Rosewall│ ││5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1││
│└────┘│└─┴───┘│└─────────────┘│└─┴───┘│└────────────┘ │└───────────────────────┘│
├──────┼───────┼───────────────┼───────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│┌────┐│┌─┬───┐│┌─────────────┐│┌─┬───┐│┌──────────┐   │┌───────────────────────┐│
││1971│││ │AUS│││John Newcombe│││ │USA│││Stan Smith│   ││6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4││
│└────┘│└─┴───┘│└─────────────┘│└─┴───┘│└──────────┘   │└───────────────────────┘│
├──────┼───────┼───────────────┼───────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│┌────┐│┌─┬───┐│┌──────────┐   │┌─┬───┐│┌────────────┐ │┌───────────────────────┐│
││1972│││ │USA│││Stan Smith│   ││ │ROM│││Ilie Năstase│ ││4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5││
│└────┘│└─┴───┘│└──────────┘   │└─┴───┘│└────────────┘ │└───────────────────────┘│
└──────┴───────┴───────────────┴───────┴───────────────┴─────────────────────────┘