rodricios

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   by rodricios 8mo ago

   Making wxpath as an extension to the XPath DSL was a key goal of mine. The hard part was ensuring the syntax looked and felt as XPath-y as possible. Open to any feedback wrt to the syntax and semantics!
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   by rodricios 8mo ago

   Hey, wxpath author here. It's pretty cool seeing this project reach the front page a week after posting it. Just wanted to mention a few things. wxpath is a result of a decade of working and thinking about web crawling and scraping. I
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   by rodricios 8mo ago

   Couldn't agree more. I should also add that most (Python-based) web crawling and scraping frameworks support XPath engines OOTB: Scrapy, Crawlee, etc. In that sense, XPath is very much alive.
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   by rodricios 8mo ago

   I think xpath is cool too! If wxpath can help revive some of that excitement, then I consider my project a success. As for your question, while wxpath does extend the xpath syntax, `/map` is not one of its additions, nor is it a html m
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   Show HN: wxpath – Declarative web crawling in XPath(github.com)

   64 points by rodricios 8mo ago|9 comments