v2.9.15

spider-rs/spiderv2.9.15Oct 9, 2024by j-mendez

AI Summary

Adds new data extraction methods (XPath) and output formats (XML) for web scraping transformations.

Key Highlights

Add XPath data extraction support
Add XML return format
Add root selector across formats

New Features

Add XPath extraction support
Add XML return format

Full Release Notes

# Whats Changed

* add XPath data extraction support `spider_utils`
* add XML return format for `spider_transformations`
* chore(transformations): add root selector across formats #219
Example getting data via xpath.

```rust
    let map = QueryCSSMap::from([(
        "list",
        QueryCSSSelectSet::from(["//*[@class='list']"]),
    )]);
    let data = css_query_select_map_streamed(
        r#"<html><body><ul class="list"><li>Test</li></ul></body></html>"#,
        &build_selectors(map),
    )
    .await;

    assert!(!data.is_empty(), "Xpath extraction failed");
```

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spider-rs/spider/compare/v2.8.28...v2.9.15