read_html_table {filibustr} | R Documentation |
Scrape an online HTML table
Description
read_html_table()
returns an HTML table at a specified URL and CSS element
as a dataframe.
Usage
read_html_table(url, css)
Arguments
url |
A string giving the URL to read from. |
css |
A string giving the CSS element to select. SelectorGadget
(https://selectorgadget.com/) is a useful tool for finding the code for the
CSS element you need. See |
Value
A tibble.
Examples
# The table used in `get_senate_cloture_votes()`
# NOTE: `get_senate_cloture_votes()` performs some cleaning on this table
read_html_table(url = "https://www.senate.gov/legislative/cloture/clotureCounts.htm",
css = ".cloturecount")
# A table from Baseball Reference
read_html_table(url = "https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/rules-changes-stats.shtml",
css = "#time_of_game")
[Package filibustr version 0.4.0 Index]