1. Basic Product Card Example:
Gaming Laptop
$999.99
Generated Schema:
{
"name": "Product Cards",
"baseSelector": "//div[@class='product-card']",
"baseFields": [
{"name": "data_cat_id", "type": "attribute", "attribute": "data-cat-id"},
{"name": "data_subcat_id", "type": "attribute", "attribute": "data-subcat-id"}
],
"fields": [
{
"name": "title",
"selector": ".//h2[@class='product-title']",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "price",
"selector": ".//span[@class='price']",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "image_url",
"selector": ".//img",
"type": "attribute",
"attribute": "src"
}
]
}
2. Article with Author Details Example:
The Future of AI
Dr. Smith
Generated Schema:
{
"name": "Article Details",
"baseSelector": "//article",
"fields": [
{
"name": "title",
"selector": ".//h1",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "author",
"type": "nested",
"selector": ".//div[@class='author-info']",
"fields": [
{
"name": "name",
"selector": ".//span[@class='author-name']",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "avatar",
"selector": ".//img",
"type": "attribute",
"attribute": "src"
}
]
}
]
}
3. Comments Section Example:
Generated Schema:
{
"name": "Comment Section",
"baseSelector": "//div[@class='comments-container']",
"fields": [
{
"name": "comments",
"type": "list",
"selector": ".//div[@class='comment']",
"baseFields": [
{"name": "data_user_id", "type": "attribute", "attribute": "data-user-id"}
],
"fields": [
{
"name": "user",
"selector": ".//div[@class='user-name']",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "content",
"selector": ".//p[@class='comment-text']",
"type": "text"
}
]
}
]
}
4. E-commerce Categories Example:
Electronics
Laptops
MacBook Pro
$1299
Dell XPS
$999
Generated Schema:
{
"name": "E-commerce Categories",
"baseSelector": "//div[@class='category-section']",
"baseFields": [
{"name": "data_category", "type": "attribute", "attribute": "data-category"}
],
"fields": [
{
"name": "category_name",
"selector": ".//h2",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "subcategories",
"type": "nested_list",
"selector": ".//div[@class='subcategory']",
"fields": [
{
"name": "name",
"selector": ".//h3",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "products",
"type": "list",
"selector": ".//div[@class='product']",
"fields": [
{
"name": "name",
"selector": ".//span[@class='product-name']",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "price",
"selector": ".//span[@class='price']",
"type": "text"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
5. Job Listings with Transformations Example:
Senior Developer
Salary: $120,000/year
New York, NY
Generated Schema:
{
"name": "Job Listings",
"baseSelector": "//div[@class='job-post']",
"fields": [
{
"name": "title",
"selector": ".//h3[@class='job-title']",
"type": "text",
"transform": "uppercase"
},
{
"name": "salary",
"selector": ".//span[@class='salary-text']",
"type": "regex",
"pattern": "\\$([\\d,]+)"
},
{
"name": "location",
"selector": ".//span[@class='location']",
"type": "text",
"transform": "strip"
}
]
}
6. Skyscanner Place Card Example:
Sunny days and the warmest welcome awaits
₹17,559
Generated Schema:
{
"name": "Skyscanner Place Cards",
"baseSelector": "//div[contains(@class, 'PlaceCard_descriptionContainer__')]",
"baseFields": [
{"name": "data_testid", "type": "attribute", "attribute": "data-testid"}
],
"fields": [
{
"name": "city_name",
"selector": ".//div[contains(@class, 'PlaceCard_nameContent__')]//span[contains(@class, 'BpkText_bpk-text--heading-4__')]",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "country_name",
"selector": ".//span[contains(@class, 'PlaceCard_subName__')]",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "description",
"selector": ".//span[contains(@class, 'PlaceCard_advertLabel__')]",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "flight_price",
"selector": ".//a[@data-testid='flights-link']//span[contains(@class, 'BpkText_bpk-text--heading-5__')]",
"type": "text"
},
{
"name": "flight_url",
"selector": ".//a[@data-testid='flights-link']",
"type": "attribute",
"attribute": "href"
}
]
}
7. Sibling Rows Example (e.g. table rows, flat lists):
WRONG Schema (baseSelector reused as list field — produces empty results):
{
"name": "Items",
"baseSelector": ".//tr[@class='item']",
"fields": [
{
"name": "entries",
"type": "list",
"selector": ".//tr[@class='item']",
"fields": [
{"name": "title", "selector": ".//td[@class='title']/a", "type": "text"}
]
}
]
}
CORRECT Schema (flat fields directly on base element):
{
"name": "Items",
"baseSelector": ".//tr[@class='item']",
"fields": [
{"name": "title", "selector": ".//td[@class='title']/a", "type": "text"},
{"name": "link", "selector": ".//td[@class='title']/a", "type": "attribute", "attribute": "href"}
]
}
8. Sibling Data Example (data split across sibling elements):
Generated Schema (using "source" to reach sibling row):
{
"name": "HN Submissions",
"baseSelector": "//tr[contains(@class, 'athing') and contains(@class, 'submission')]",
"fields": [
{"name": "rank", "selector": ".//span[@class='rank']", "type": "text"},
{"name": "title", "selector": ".//span[@class='titleline']/a", "type": "text"},
{"name": "url", "selector": ".//span[@class='titleline']/a", "type": "attribute", "attribute": "href"},
{"name": "score", "selector": ".//span[@class='score']", "type": "text", "source": "+ tr"},
{"name": "author", "selector": ".//a[@class='hnuser']", "type": "text", "source": "+ tr"}
]
}
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Thanks for sharing.