Use selector-syntax to find elements: jsoup Java HTML parser

Description

jsoup elements support a CSS (or jquery) like selector syntax to find matching elements, that allows very powerful and robust queries.

The select method is available in a Document, Element, or in Elements. It is contextual, so you can filter by selecting from a specific element, or by chaining select calls.

Select returns a list of Elements (as Elements), which provides a range of methods to extract and manipulate the results.

Selector overview

• tagname: find elements by tag, e.g. a
• ns|tag: find elements by tag in a namespace, e.g. fb|name finds <fb:name> elements
• #id: find elements by ID, e.g. #logo
• .class: find elements by class name, e.g. .masthead
• [attribute]: elements with attribute, e.g. [href]
• [^attr]: elements with an attribute name prefix, e.g. [^data-] finds elements with HTML5 dataset attributes
• [attr=value]: elements with attribute value, e.g. [width=500] (also quotable, like sequence")
• [attr^=value], [attr$=value], [attr*=value]: elements with attributes that start with, end with, or contain the value, e.g. [href*=/path/]
• [attr~=regex]: elements with attribute values that match the regular expression; e.g. img[src~=(?i)\.(png|jpe?g)]
• *: all elements, e.g. *

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