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CSS selector generator for shortest, unique, robust selectors

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#css selector#selector generator#scraping#testing selectors

29points
3comments
#1,014of 2,155 in 2018
Top 48%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

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0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.

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  • What is the workflow: used during development for writing efficient selectors, or with testing tools like protractor for picking test selectors?

    From 1 comment
    • disclaimer: I haven't used or seen something like this before: What does the workflow for this look like? Would you add this to your project for development purposes and use it…
      ahulab on HN

Alternatives named

  • Selector Gadget

    From 1 comment
    • There's something a bit like this I've been using for years to get selectors with which to scrape data from page, it's called Selector Gadget: http://selectorgadget.com/ .. you…
      petercooper on HN
  • getSelector.js

    From 1 comment
    • Wow, reminds me of the same thing I built 7 years ago :) https://github.com/cheeaun/getSelector.js
      cheeaun on HN

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