CsQuery - find element with concrete name

Question

I have to parse html like this:

<div class="navig-nav">
  <ul class="navig" id="navigmenu">
    <li class="navig-expanded navig-selected">Company</li>
    <li class="navig-sub"><div>Summary</div></li>
    <li class="navig-sub"><a href="any_url_1">Some</a></li>
    <li class="navig-sub"><a href="any_url_2">Interesting</a></li>
    <li class="navig-sub"><a href="any_url_3">Information</a></li>
    <li class="navig-item"><a href="any_url_4"><div>From</div></a></li>
    <li class="navig-item"><a href="any_url_5"><div>Web</div></a></li>
    <li class="navig-item"><a href="any_url_6"><div>Page</div></a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

In this menu (as you can see) all classes has more than one child. How can I get "any_url_2" using csQuery if I have just the name "Interesting"?

kagelos · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-20T14:43:58.207

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What about

dom["a:contains('Interesting')"];

Well here's a more complete query:

CQ dom = "your html here";
var result = dom["a[href='any_url_2']:contains('Interesting')"];
if (result.Length == 1)
{
    Console.WriteLine(result[0].Attributes["href"]);
}

edited May 20 '16 at 14:43

answered May 20 '16 at 14:38

kagelos

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Html could be much longer. And I have to be sure that I find exactly href "any_url_2" and not to find some text with word "Interesting" inside – Grigorii Alekseev May 20 '16 at 14:41
Ok, thanks. But what should I do if I don't know exact url and want to find it? Just use the simple first answer? – Grigorii Alekseev May 20 '16 at 14:48
Can you describe exactly what you know and what you are looking for? In your original question you stated that you only know the string "Interesting" and you are looking for the URL of the A that contains it. – kagelos May 20 '16 at 14:56
You are right! I think first simple answer is correct because it find only element. So it works, Thank you very much) – Grigorii Alekseev May 20 '16 at 15:00
What if I know exact class name? How should I do if I have to be sure that I get correct href? – Grigorii Alekseev May 21 '16 at 12:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '16 at 12:53

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Is this:

dom[".navig-sub"].Find("a:contains('Interesting')")

a good answer?

answered May 21 '16 at 12:53

Grigorii Alekseev

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CsQuery - find element with concrete name

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