wgxpath

node-wgxpath

Wicked Good XPath is a fast implementation of document.createEvaluation and document.evaluate (DOM3-XPath) in pure Javascript.

Version

I'm pretty lazy, so I didn't build Wicked Good XPath myself. When the pre-compiled wgxpath.install.js is updated, I'll update this package.

0.x.y: x refers to the Google SVN revision when wgxpath.install.js was built, and any improvements to this library will be indicated by y.

Installation

Install with npm:

npm install wgxpath

Example

This example scrapes the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day. This code can also be found in the included word_of_the_day.js.

var wgxpath = require('wgxpath');
var jsdom = require('jsdom');

var url = 'http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/';
var expressionString = '//*[@id="content"]/div[3]/ul/li[1]/strong';

jsdom.env({
  html: url,
  done: function(errors, window) {
    wgxpath.install(window);
    var expression = window.document.createExpression(expressionString);
    var result = expression.evaluate(window.document,
        wgxpath.XPathResultType.STRING_TYPE);
    console.log('The Word of the Day is "' + result.stringValue + '."');
  }
});