Web Scraping Tutorial with Scrapy and Python for Beginners - XPath text( ) Function

The video tutorial explains how to select web elements based on tag names and attributes using XPath. It covers using the text function to extract text from elements and demonstrates selecting attributes with the at symbol. The tutorial provides practical examples and runs a spider to show the results.

What is the primary method to select a web element based on its tag name and attribute?

• Using CSS selectors

• Using HTML5

• Using JavaScript

• Using XPath

Which function is used in XPath to retrieve the text of a web element?

• innerText()

• extractText()

• text()

• getText()

What is the purpose of running a spider in the context of web scraping?

• To design web pages

• To extract and print data

• To create animations

• To optimize web performance

How can you select an attribute of a web element using XPath?

• By using the hash symbol

• By using the percent symbol

• By using the dollar symbol

• By using the at symbol

What symbol is used in XPath to select an attribute followed by its name?

• The dollar symbol ($)

• The at symbol (@)

• The hash symbol (#)

• The percent symbol (%)