html_attr function

Get element attributes

html_attr() gets a single attribute; html_attrs() gets all attributes.

html_attr(x, name, default = NA_character_)

html_attrs(x)

Arguments

• x: A document (from read_html()), node set (from html_elements()), node (from html_element()), or session (from session()).
• name: Name of attribute to retrieve.
• default: A string used as a default value when the attribute does not exist in every element.

Returns

A character vector (for html_attr()) or list (html_attrs()) the same length as x.

Examples

html <- minimal_html('<ul>
  <li><a href="https://a.com" class="important">a</a></li>
  <li class="active"><a href="https://c.com">b</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://c.com">b</a></li>
  </ul>')

html %>% html_elements("a") %>% html_attrs()

html %>% html_elements("a") %>% html_attr("href")
html %>% html_elements("li") %>% html_attr("class")
html %>% html_elements("li") %>% html_attr("class", default = "inactive")