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I've been trying to extract data from script tag in Kbb's HTML using Scrapy(xpath). But my main issue is with identifying the correct div and script tags. I'm new to using xpath and would appreciate any help!
HTML (http://www.kbb.com/nissan/altima/2014/25-s-sedan-4d/?vehicleid=392396&intent=buy-used&mileage=10000&condition=fair&pricetype=retail):
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s1.kbb.com/combine/IncentivesPilotJs/949332058"></script>
<input type="hidden" id="ResaleValueUrl" value="/ymmt/resalevalue/?vehicleid=392396" />
<input type="hidden" id="Intent" value="buy-used" />
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script>
window.FlashCanvasOptions = {
swfPath: "/js/canvas/FlashCanvas/UCMarketMeter/"
};
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s1.kbb.com/combine/YmmtMarketMeterFlashCanvasJs/795892638"></script>
<![endif]-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s1.kbb.com/combine/YMMTOverview/1527402533"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s1.kbb.com/combine/YmmtPricingOverviewBuyUsedJs/-1416499456"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
KBB.Vehicle.Pages.PricingOverview.Buyers.setup({
//Workaround until we get cross domain working for Flash
imageDir: window.FlashCanvasOptions ? "/Content/images" : "http://file.kelleybluebookimages.com/kbb/images/marketmeter",
vehicleId: "392396",
zipCode: "78701",
mileage: "10000",
intent: "buy-used",
priceType: "retail",
condition: "good",
options: "392396|53635|78701|100|10|",
price: "17074",
manufacturer: "Nissan",
model: "Altima",
year: "2014",
style: "2.5 S Sedan 4D",
category: "",
hasCpo: true,
meetsCpoReq: true,
showOthersPaid: false,
data: {
"values": {
"cpo": {
"priceMin": 17335.0,
"price": 18275.0,
"priceMax": 19214.0
},
"fpp": {
"priceMin": 15286.0,
"price": 17074.0,
"priceMax": 18861.0
},
"privatepartyexcellent": {
"priceMin": 0.0,
"price": 16064.0,
"priceMax": 0.0
},
"privatepartyfair": {
"priceMin": 0.0,
"price": 14081.0,
"priceMax": 0.0
},
"privatepartygood": {
"priceMin": 0.0,
"price": 15454.0,
"priceMax": 0.0
},
"privatepartyverygood": {
"priceMin": 0.0,
"price": 15715.0,
"priceMax": 0.0
},
"retail": {
"priceMin": 0.0,
"price": 17875.0,
"priceMax": 0.0
}
},
"timAmount": 0.0,
"monthlyPayments": {
"cpo": {
"vehiclePrice": 18275.0,
"rate": 2.9,
"terms": 60.0,
"taxAndTitle": 6.5,
"downPay": 0.0,
"amount": 348.0
},
"fpp": {
"vehiclePrice": 17074.0,
"rate": 4.9,
"terms": 60.0,
"taxAndTitle": 6.5,
"downPay": 0.0,
"amount": 342.0
},
"privatepartyexcellent": {
"vehiclePrice": 16064.0,
"rate": 4.9,
"terms": 60.0,
"taxAndTitle": 6.5,
"downPay": 0.0,
"amount": 322.0
},
"privatepartyfair": {
"vehiclePrice": 14081.0,
"rate": 4.9,
"terms": 60.0,
"taxAndTitle": 6.5,
"downPay": 0.0,
"amount": 282.0
},
"privatepartygood": {
"vehiclePrice": 15454.0,
"rate": 4.9,
"terms": 60.0,
"taxAndTitle": 6.5,
"downPay": 0.0,
"amount": 309.0
},
"privatepartyverygood": {
"vehiclePrice": 15715.0,
"rate": 4.9,
"terms": 60.0,
"taxAndTitle": 6.5,
"downPay": 0.0,
"amount": 315.0
},
"retail": {
"vehiclePrice": 17875.0,
"rate": 4.9,
"terms": 60.0,
"taxAndTitle": 6.5,
"downPay": 0.0,
"amount": 358.0
}
},
"scale": {
"scaleLow": 14081.0,
"scaleHigh": 19214.0
},
"transactions": {
"below": 7,
"between": 17,
"above": 3
}
},
adPriceRanges: {"AdPriceRange":[{"PriceMin":0,"PriceMax":8499,"AdPRValue":1},{"PriceMin":8500,"PriceMax":18499,"AdPRValue":2},{"PriceMin":18500,"PriceMax":23499,"AdPRValue":3},{"PriceMin":23500,"PriceMax":28499,"AdPRValue":4},{"PriceMin":28500,"PriceMax":33499,"AdPRValue":5},{"PriceMin":33500,"PriceMax":38499,"AdPRValue":6},{"PriceMin":38500,"PriceMax":43499,"AdPRValue":7},{"PriceMin":43500,"PriceMax":48499,"AdPRValue":8},{"PriceMin":48500,"PriceMax":53499,"AdPRValue":9},{"PriceMin":53500,"PriceMax":63499,"AdPRValue":10},{"PriceMin":63500,"PriceMax":73499,"AdPRValue":11},{"PriceMin":73500,"PriceMax":1000000,"AdPRValue":12}]}});
});
$('.foot-note').hide();
$(window).on('popstate', function() {
KBB.Vehicle.Pages.PricingOverview.Buyers.stateChangeHandler();
});
</script>
Scrapy Code:
from scrapy.spider import BaseSpider
from scrapy.selector import Selector
import scrapy
from kbb.items import kbbItem
class kbbSpider(scrapy.Spider):
name = "kbb"
allowed_domains = ["kbb.com"]
start_urls = [
"http://www.kbb.com/nissan/altima/2014/25-s-sedan-4d/?vehicleid=392396&intent=buy-used&10000&good&pricetype=retail"
]
def parse(self, response):
sel=Selector(response)
#sites=sel.xpath('//div')
items=[]
#for site in sites:
item=kbbItem
item['priceMin']=site.xpath('//div/script').extract[35][915:922]
return items
I finally want to populate priceMin, price, priceMax from fpp and price from retail field into my items. Currently I'm using indices to get those values but was wondering if there is an easier way.
506
The problem is that the desired data is inside the Javascript code. And, your current approach where you rely on line indexes is quite fragile and unreliable.
The idea is to locate the script tag containing the desired data, use regular expressions to get to the object/dictionary containing prices, load the object into a python dictionary with the help of json module and get the desired information.
Demo from the Scrapy Shell:
In [1]: import re
In [2]: import json
In [3]: pattern = re.compile(r"KBB\.Vehicle\.Pages\.PricingOverview\.Buyers\.setup\(.*?data: ({.*?}),\W+adPriceRanges", re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
In [4]: data = response.xpath("//script[contains(., 'KBB.Vehicle.Pages.PricingOverview.Buyers.setup')]/text()").re(pattern)[0]
In [5]: data = data.replace("//Workaround until we get cross domain working for Flash", "")
In [6]: data_obj = json.loads(data)
In [7]: data_obj['values']['fpp']
Out[7]: {u'price': 15569.0, u'priceMax': 17356.0, u'priceMin': 13781.0}
In [8]: data_obj['values']['retail']
Out[8]: {u'price': 16370.0, u'priceMax': 0.0, u'priceMin': 0.0}
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