Module: Nokogiri::XML::Searchable

Alias for #search.

Search this node’s immediate children using ::Nokogiri::CSS selector selector

Search this object for paths, and return only the first result. paths must be one or more XPath or ::Nokogiri::CSS queries.

See #search for more information.

Search this object for ::Nokogiri::CSS rules, and return only the first match. rules must be one or more ::Nokogiri::CSS selectors.

See #css for more information.

Search this node for XPath paths, and return only the first match. paths must be one or more XPath queries.

See #xpath for more information.

Search this object for ::Nokogiri::CSS rules. rules must be one or more ::Nokogiri::CSS selectors. For example:

node.css('title')
node.css('body h1.bold')
node.css('div + p.green', 'div#one')

A hash of namespace bindings may be appended. For example:

node.css('bike|tire', {'bike' => 'http://schwinn.com/'})

💡 Custom CSS pseudo classes may also be defined which are mapped to a custom XPath function. To define custom pseudo classes, create a class and implement the custom pseudo class you want defined. The first argument to the method will be the matching context NodeSet. Any other arguments are ones that you pass in. For example:

handler = Class.new {
  def regex(node_set, regex)
    node_set.find_all { |node| node['some_attribute'] =~ /#{regex}/ }
  end
}.new
node.css('title:regex("\w+")', handler)

💡 Some XPath syntax is supported in ::Nokogiri::CSS queries. For example, to query for an attribute:

node.css('img > @href') # returns all {href} attributes on an {img} element
node.css('img / @href') # same

# ⚠ this returns {class} attributes from all {div} elements AND THEIR CHILDREN!
node.css('div @class')

node.css

💡 Array-like syntax is supported in ::Nokogiri::CSS queries as an alternative to using :nth-child().

⚠ NOTE that indices are 1-based like :nth-child and not 0-based like Ruby Arrays. For example:

# equivalent to 'li:nth-child(2)'
node.css('li[2]') # retrieve the second li element in a list

⚠ NOTE that the ::Nokogiri::CSS query string is case-sensitive with regards to your document type. ::Nokogiri::HTML tags will match only lowercase ::Nokogiri::CSS queries, so if you search for “H1” in an ::Nokogiri::HTML document, you’ll never find anything. However, “H1” might be found in an ::Nokogiri::XML document, where tags names are case-sensitive (e.g., “H1” is distinct from “h1”).

Search this object for paths. paths must be one or more XPath or ::Nokogiri::CSS queries:

node.search("div.employee", ".//title")

A hash of namespace bindings may be appended:

node.search('.//bike:tire', {'bike' => 'http://schwinn.com/'})
node.search('bike|tire', {'bike' => 'http://schwinn.com/'})

For XPath queries, a hash of variable bindings may also be appended to the namespace bindings. For example:

node.search('.//address[@domestic=$value]', nil, {:value => 'Yes'})

💡 Custom XPath functions and ::Nokogiri::CSS pseudo-selectors may also be defined. To define custom functions create a class and implement the function you want to define, which will be in the nokogiri namespace in XPath queries.

The first argument to the method will be the current matching NodeSet. Any other arguments are ones that you pass in. Note that this class may appear anywhere in the argument list. For example:

handler = Class.new {
  def regex node_set, regex
    node_set.find_all { |node| node['some_attribute'] =~ /#{regex}/ }
  end
}.new
node.search('.//title[nokogiri:regex(., "\w+")]', 'div.employee:regex("[0-9]+")', handler)

⚠ NOTE that the #search method may not always correctly detect whether the input is a ::Nokogiri::CSS selector or an XPath expression; and the heuristic used may change in the future. The authors strongly recommend using #css when you know you’re searching with a ::Nokogiri::CSS selector, or #xpath when you know you’re searching with an XPath expression.

See #xpath and #css for further usage help.

Search this node for XPath paths. paths must be one or more XPath queries.

node.xpath('.//title')

A hash of namespace bindings may be appended. For example:

node.xpath('.//foo:name', {'foo' => 'http://example.org/'})
node.xpath('.//xmlns:name', node.root.namespaces)

A hash of variable bindings may also be appended to the namespace bindings. For example:

node.xpath('.//address[@domestic=$value]', nil, {:value => 'Yes'})

💡 Custom XPath functions may also be defined. To define custom functions create a class and implement the function you want to define, which will be in the nokogiri namespace.

The first argument to the method will be the current matching NodeSet. Any other arguments are ones that you pass in. Note that this class may appear anywhere in the argument list. For example:

handler = Class.new {
  def regex(node_set, regex)
    node_set.find_all { |node| node['some_attribute'] =~ /#{regex}/ }
  end
}.new
node.xpath('.//title[nokogiri:regex(., "\w+")]', handler)