Python Web Scraping with lxml
I am trying to scrape column names (player, cost, sel., form, pts) from the page below:
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/total_points
However, I am failing to do so.
Before I go further, let me show you what I have done.
from lxml import html
import requests
page = 'https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/total_points'
#Take site and structure html
page = requests.get(page)
tree = html.fromstring(page.content)
#Using the page's CSS classes, extract all links pointing to a team
Location = tree.cssselect('.ism-thead-bold tr .ism-table--el-stats__name')
When I do this, Location should be a list that contains a string "Player".
However, it returns an empty list which means cssselect did not capture anything.
Though each column name has a different 'th class', I used one of them (ism-table--el-stats__name) for this specific trial just to make it simple.
When this problem is fixed, I want to use regex since every class has different suffix after two underscores.
If anyone can help me on these two tasks, I would really appreciate!
thank you guys.
python lxml scrape
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:31
Yun Tae Hwang
15711
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I am trying to scrape column names (player, cost, sel., form, pts) from the page below:
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/total_points
However, I am failing to do so.
Before I go further, let me show you what I have done.
from lxml import html
import requests
page = 'https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/total_points'
#Take site and structure html
page = requests.get(page)
tree = html.fromstring(page.content)
#Using the page's CSS classes, extract all links pointing to a team
Location = tree.cssselect('.ism-thead-bold tr .ism-table--el-stats__name')
When I do this, Location should be a list that contains a string "Player".
However, it returns an empty list which means cssselect did not capture anything.
Though each column name has a different 'th class', I used one of them (ism-table--el-stats__name) for this specific trial just to make it simple.
When this problem is fixed, I want to use regex since every class has different suffix after two underscores.
If anyone can help me on these two tasks, I would really appreciate!
thank you guys.
python lxml scrape
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:31
Yun Tae Hwang
15711
There are no such elements in the actual HTML source. Presumably, like most complex data-driven websites, this content is built from some API. I just did a quick google search and this SO post may be helpful (although it is 2 years old so may no longer be correct): stackoverflow.com/questions/38663726/fantasy-premier-league-api
– Robin Zigmond
Nov 12 '18 at 22:52
I checked it already. This does not work. Thank you tho
– Yun Tae Hwang
Nov 12 '18 at 23:08
add a comment |
I am trying to scrape column names (player, cost, sel., form, pts) from the page below:
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/total_points
However, I am failing to do so.
Before I go further, let me show you what I have done.
from lxml import html
import requests
page = 'https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/total_points'
#Take site and structure html
page = requests.get(page)
tree = html.fromstring(page.content)
#Using the page's CSS classes, extract all links pointing to a team
Location = tree.cssselect('.ism-thead-bold tr .ism-table--el-stats__name')
When I do this, Location should be a list that contains a string "Player".
However, it returns an empty list which means cssselect did not capture anything.
Though each column name has a different 'th class', I used one of them (ism-table--el-stats__name) for this specific trial just to make it simple.
When this problem is fixed, I want to use regex since every class has different suffix after two underscores.
If anyone can help me on these two tasks, I would really appreciate!
thank you guys.
python lxml scrape
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:31
Yun Tae Hwang
15711
I am trying to scrape column names (player, cost, sel., form, pts) from the page below:
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/total_points
However, I am failing to do so.
Before I go further, let me show you what I have done.
from lxml import html
import requests
page = 'https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/total_points'
#Take site and structure html
page = requests.get(page)
tree = html.fromstring(page.content)
#Using the page's CSS classes, extract all links pointing to a team
Location = tree.cssselect('.ism-thead-bold tr .ism-table--el-stats__name')
When I do this, Location should be a list that contains a string "Player".
However, it returns an empty list which means cssselect did not capture anything.
Though each column name has a different 'th class', I used one of them (ism-table--el-stats__name) for this specific trial just to make it simple.
When this problem is fixed, I want to use regex since every class has different suffix after two underscores.
If anyone can help me on these two tasks, I would really appreciate!
thank you guys.
python lxml scrape
python lxml scrape
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:31
Yun Tae Hwang
15711
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:31
Yun Tae Hwang
15711
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:31
Yun Tae Hwang
15711
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:31
Yun Tae Hwang
15711
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:31
Yun Tae Hwang
15711
15711
There are no such elements in the actual HTML source. Presumably, like most complex data-driven websites, this content is built from some API. I just did a quick google search and this SO post may be helpful (although it is 2 years old so may no longer be correct): stackoverflow.com/questions/38663726/fantasy-premier-league-api
– Robin Zigmond
Nov 12 '18 at 22:52
I checked it already. This does not work. Thank you tho
– Yun Tae Hwang
Nov 12 '18 at 23:08
add a comment |
There are no such elements in the actual HTML source. Presumably, like most complex data-driven websites, this content is built from some API. I just did a quick google search and this SO post may be helpful (although it is 2 years old so may no longer be correct): stackoverflow.com/questions/38663726/fantasy-premier-league-api
– Robin Zigmond
Nov 12 '18 at 22:52
I checked it already. This does not work. Thank you tho
– Yun Tae Hwang
Nov 12 '18 at 23:08
There are no such elements in the actual HTML source. Presumably, like most complex data-driven websites, this content is built from some API. I just did a quick google search and this SO post may be helpful (although it is 2 years old so may no longer be correct): stackoverflow.com/questions/38663726/fantasy-premier-league-api
– Robin Zigmond
Nov 12 '18 at 22:52
There are no such elements in the actual HTML source. Presumably, like most complex data-driven websites, this content is built from some API. I just did a quick google search and this SO post may be helpful (although it is 2 years old so may no longer be correct): stackoverflow.com/questions/38663726/fantasy-premier-league-api
– Robin Zigmond
Nov 12 '18 at 22:52
I checked it already. This does not work. Thank you tho
– Yun Tae Hwang
Nov 12 '18 at 23:08
I checked it already. This does not work. Thank you tho
– Yun Tae Hwang
Nov 12 '18 at 23:08
add a comment |
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There are no such elements in the actual HTML source. Presumably, like most complex data-driven websites, this content is built from some API. I just did a quick google search and this SO post may be helpful (although it is 2 years old so may no longer be correct): stackoverflow.com/questions/38663726/fantasy-premier-league-api
– Robin Zigmond
Nov 12 '18 at 22:52
I checked it already. This does not work. Thank you tho
– Yun Tae Hwang
Nov 12 '18 at 23:08