How can I get specific data from the table using Rselenium? - html

I am trying to scrap a table that I believe is using Java script. I want to get the data for indices (i.e., TSX). I would like to get the "Previous day data" for all indices. I am scrapping the data using Rselenium but it is unable to locate element.
Following is my code for scrapping previous day data for index called TSX:
library(RSelenium)
driver<- rsDriver(browser = "firefox")
remDr <- driver[["client"]]
remDr$navigate("http://bmgfunds.com/interactive-charts/")
elem <- remDr$findElement(using="xpath", value="//*[#id='indices-quotes']/table/tbody/tr[1]/td[2]")
In order to get the Xpath, I inspected the element and copied the Xpath by right clicking in the pan.
I also tried using rvest.
library(rvest)
st_table <- read_html("http://bmgfunds.com/interactive-charts/")
table<-html_nodes(st_table, "tbody tr")
Unfortunately, I get zero element {xml_nodeset (0)}
Any suggestion or help will be appreciated.Thanks

The table is within an iframe whose source is http://integration.nfusionsolutions.biz/client/bullionmanagementgroup/module/quotechartfull, so you can grab the table from there:
st_table <- read_html("http://integration.nfusionsolutions.biz/client/bullionmanagementgroup/module/quotechartfull")
(table <- html_table(st_table)[[3]])
This code grabs all the tables from the previous url with html_table and selects the table that you want (which is the third element of the list).

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I am trying to export the output of an 'Analysis of deviance table' in HTML format, so that it can be inserted into a word document.
I created a GLM model as follows:
newmod <- glm(cbind(Recaptured, predated) ~ Morph * Plant * Site, data =
survival, family = binomial)
Running the following code gives me the output that I would like to export to HTML:
anova(newmod,test="Chisq")
I have tried the following code to create a HTML table using stargazer, however it doesn't seem to be working:
anova_mod<-anova(newmod,test="Chisq")
stargazer(newmod, type="html", out = "anova_output.htm")
Is there a simple way of doing this in r? I have managed to successfully export the summary statistics, but what I really need is the Analysis of deviance table.
I believe you are looking for:
print(xtable(anova_mod), type = "html")
as indicated by this answer: Exporting R tables to HTML
Here is my full code for reproducing something similar to your question:
plant.df = PlantGrowth
plant.df$group = factor(plant.df$group,labels = c("Control", "Treatment 1", "Treatment 2"))
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anova_mod=anova(newmod)
anova_mod
install.packages("xtable")
require(xtable)
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You can then paste the output to an html vizualizer such as: https://htmledit.squarefree.com/ to see the resulting table.
Instead of printing it, you can write it to a file. I have not personally tested this part, but the second answer in this question should work for you: Save html result to a txt or html file
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Scrape table using rvest - Embedded symbols/links

I tried to scrape the table on the following webpage: http://www.comstats.de/squad/1-FC+Bayern+München
My approach is successfull at first glance using the following code:
read_html("http://www.comstats.de/squad/1-FC+Bayern+München") %>%
html_node("#inhalt > table.rangliste.autoColor.tablesorter.zoomable") %>%
html_table(header = TRUE, fill = TRUE)
However, in the second column there are differing number of linked symbols which lead to a corrupt table having different number of elements (which is why there is need for fill = TRUE).
I was researching for hours... Who can help me out?
In case someone is searching for an answer to such questions as well: One possible solution is to use package htmltable (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/htmltab/vignettes/htmltab.html):
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How can I specify the table I want to extract from a URL into R when there are multiple tables on the webpage?

I'm trying to extract MLB player stats from Baseball Reference. I've navigated to the URL that houses this data and execute the following code in my RStudio.
install.packages('rvest')
library(rvest)
url <- 'http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2017-standard-batting.shtml#player_standard_batting::none'
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I am trying to scrape this webpage using the following code.
library(XML)
url <- html("http://www.gallop.co.za/")
doc <- htmlParse(url)
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I used selector gadget which returns the xml path as:
//*[(#id = "Racecards")]
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As #hrbrmstr points out this is against the WSJ terms of service, however the answer is useful for those who face a similar issue with a different webpage.
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The structure returns is an empty list.
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