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| Selector | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Navigation | |
| > | selects direct child |
(space) | selects any descendant |
| ~ | selects following sibling |
| + | selects direct following sibling |
| , | separator for joined selectors |
| Attribute Matching | |
| . | selects by class |
| # | selects by id |
| [] | attribute selector |
| [attr] | select elements that have attribute present (even if it's empty) |
| [attr=value] | match exact attribute value |
| [attr=value i] | i suffix turns any attribute match case insensitive |
| [attr*=value] | match containing attribute value |
| [attr|=value] | match exact ignoring “-suffixes” value |
| [attr^=value] | match attributes that start with value |
| [attr$=value] | match attributes that end with value |
| [attr~=value] | match attributes that contain a word |
| Element Matching | |
| :not() | reverses selection |
| :has() | select if element has a matching descendant |
| :is() | apply multiple selectors |
| :first-child | select if it's the first element in the group |
| :last-child | select if it's the last element in the group |
| :nth-child() | select if it's the Nth element, supports even, odd |
| :nth-last-child() | like nth-child but reversed |
| :first-of-type | select if it's the first element of that type in the group. |
| :last-of-type | select if it's the last element of that type in the group. |
| :nth-of-type() | select if it's the Nth element of that type in the group. |
| :only-of-type() | select if it's the only element of that type in the group. |
| Non-standard Functions | |
| ::attr(name) | select attribute value. Available in scrapy, parsel, Scrapfly SDK |
| :text | select text value. Available in scrapy, parsel, Scrapfly SDK |
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