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loops Scenario 6 — Extract Table Rows

Written by RTILA X Engineering Team

Advanced ~10 min
Prerequisites: loops/3 loops/4 loops/5

What You'll Learn

Extract table rows using nth-child selectors

Real-World Use Case

Exporting tabular data to CSV

LIVE DEMO

NameEmailRoleJoin Date
techguru42 techguru42@example.com admin 2023-05-18
dataminer_sam sam.data@example.com admin 2023-08-01
scraper_queen queen@scrape.example editor 2024-01-12
automation_alice alice.auto@example.com editor 2024-02-20
selector_sam selector.sam@example.com editor 2024-03-09
css_crusader css.crusader@example.com editor 2024-04-14
json_jess jess.json@example.com editor 2024-05-22
xpath_xavier xavier.xpath@example.com viewer 2024-06-02
dom_dave dave.dom@example.com viewer 2024-06-18
puppeteer_paul paul.puppet@example.com viewer 2024-07-03
EXPECTED OUTPUT

RTILA X PROJECT JSON 

    {
  "name": "Extract_Table_Rows",
  "settings": {
    "urls": [
      "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/loops/6"
    ]
  },
  "datasets": {
    "users": {
      "item_selector": "css=table.data-table tr",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "name",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=td:nth-child(1)"
        },
        {
          "name": "email",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=td:nth-child(2)"
        },
        {
          "name": "role",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=td:nth-child(3)"
        },
        {
          "name": "join_date",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=td:nth-child(4)"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=table.data-table"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "extract_data",
      "params": {
        "dataset": "users"
      }
    }
  ]
}

RTILA X Concepts

Tables are common iteration targets. The dataset uses the table row selector and extracts each column using nth-child.

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This scenario covers 2 RTILA X commands and is referenced in 2 learning articles.

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