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Ale Rojas
Ale Rojas

Reputation: 497

How to get the text within a <span> tag knowing its ID with java and jsoup?

im tring to get the text within a tag. I know its id, which is "lblCompra" and "lblVenta".

    Document doc = Jsoup.connect("http://www.bccr.fi.cr//").get();
    Element compra = doc.getElementById("lblCompra");
    Element venta = doc.getElementById("lblVenta");   
    System.out.println(compra);
    System.out.println(venta);

But what i get is bunch of text I dont need. Here's the output:

<span id="lblCompra"> <img src="images/waiting.gif" alt="cargando" /> </span>
<span id="lblVenta"> <img src="images/waiting.gif" alt="cargando" /> </span>

what i should be getting is like "400.0" and "450.0" or something like that.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4249

Answers (3)

Anna Gabrielyan
Anna Gabrielyan

Reputation: 2170

Maybe doc.getElementById("#lblCompra").innerHTML will work?

Or if you want to get width and height of img, you can do this:

doc.getElementById('#lblCompra').getElementsByTagName('img')[0].width;

Upvotes: 0

Limbo Exile
Limbo Exile

Reputation: 1351

In order to get text value of an element try using text() method:

System.out.println(compra.text());

UPDATE: the value you are looking for is loaded by JavaScript. Consult this topic

Upvotes: 2

Pratik Shelar
Pratik Shelar

Reputation: 3212

if you use getElementById() ...you will get the element. Now that you have the element get the value from the element. Use the getValue() method to get the value

Upvotes: 0

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