I have an html file and I need to extract department names from it using jsoup.
Document doc = Jsoup.connect("http://directory.binghamton.edu/directory/directory.deptlist").get();
System.out.println(doc);
Elements departments = doc.select("deptlist");
for (Element department : departments) {
System.out.println(department.text());
}
I have done smthing like that but it doesnt work.
view-source:http://directory.binghamton.edu/directory/directory.deptlist
Thank you.
Here we go!
Document doc = Jsoup.connect("http://directory.binghamton.edu/directory/directory.deptlist").get();
Elements departments = doc.select("table#deptlist a"); // Select all 'a' in a 'table'-tag with id 'deptlist'
String name;
for( Element element : departments ) // Iterate over all Elements available
{
name = element.text(); // Save the plaintext (no html) of the element
System.out.println(name); // Simple output (as an example)
}
In your code you select a tag 'deptlist' not the table.
If you want to select all elements with id=deptlist (in my example you select only tables with that id's) you can use this selector: doc.select("#deptlist").
Look here for some furhter informations: JSoup selector API