I’m trying to extract a single row from a table
When using the google sheet importhtml function, I get the whole table.
=IMPORTHTML("https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/jwn/options?mod=mw_quote_tab", "table",1)
How can I extract just the row right above the word “ Current price as of “
So e.g. in this case the row will have the data below. (this data will change as the date changes)
quote 1.5 0.53 76 1.36 1.47 142 39 quote 0.88 -1.73 23
I have several urls to go thorough
So e.g if I put the following url then the row position will change.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/ge/options
Any idea how to extract that just last row right above the word “ Current price as of “
When I saw the HTML data from the URL of https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/ge/options, I thought that the value you expect might be able to be retrieved using IMPORTXML and a xpath. So in this answer, I would like to propose to use IMPORTXML.
Sample formula:
=IMPORTXML(A1,"//tr[td[1]/#class='acenter inthemoney'][last()]")
In this case, the URL of https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/ge/options is put in the cell "A1".
Result:
Note:
This sample formula can be used for the current URL of https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/ge/options. So when the URL is changed and the HTML structure is changed by updated of the site, the formula might not be able to be used. So please careful this.
Reference:
IMPORTXML
ImportHTML() simply allows you to read an (entire!) HTML table or list into your Google sheet.
If you want to filter or manipulate the imported data, then you'll need to use other Google Sheets functions. These are documented here:
Google Sheets function list
Alternatively, you might want to "import" input one sheet, then select certain data into another, separate sheet:
Get data from other sheets in your spreadsheet
Here are some examples for "filtering" your data:
FILTER function
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I'm trying to extract the whole following Warcraftlog table in a Google Sheets.
I just need the "names" with "count" and the "percentage numbers".
=IMPORTXML("URL"; "XPATH")
=IMPORTXML("https://classic.warcraftlogs.com/reports/P4CQdFTp21wADfKX/#boss=-3&difficulty=0&type=auras&ability=31035"; "//table[contains(#id,'main-table-0')]")
But it doesn't work with //table[contains(#id,'main-table-0')] in the Xpath.
With //table/tr/td it will extract nearly everything on the warcraftlog website, except the table I want to extract.
Is there another option to extract them with XPath?
You are after an html table so switch to IMPORTHTML
Data is pulled dynamically from another endpoint you can find in the network tab of the browser, so make your request to that
The last two webpage visible table columns are $ delimited in the retrieved table so you will need to split the entries e.g. using helper column in column D of sheet (if formula in A1) containing SPLIT
=IMPORTHTML("https://classic.warcraftlogs.com/reports/auras/P4CQdFTp21wADfKX/0/0/6175385/buffs/31035/0/0/0/0/source/0/-3.0.0/0/Any/Any/0", "table",1)
I am trying to get only the number of likes from a website. Currently, I am using
=IMPORTXML("https://www.abillionveg.com/articles/vegan-diet-nutrition-guide","//button")
However, it gives me data from all of the buttons. Can someone help me modify the formula to show only the likes?
Sorry if this is a basic question, I am just learning.
You want to retrieve the number of the number of likes using IMPORTXML.
If my understanding is correct, how about this answer?
Modified formula 1:
=INDEX(SPLIT(IMPORTXML(A1,"//div[#class='ArticleActions__Container-sc-15ye7g8-0 huWdyg'][1]//span[contains(text(),'likes')]")," "),1)
The URL of https://www.abillionveg.com/articles/vegan-diet-nutrition-guide is put in the cell "A1".
The xpath is //div[#class='ArticleActions__Container-sc-15ye7g8-0 huWdyg'][1]//span[contains(text(),'likes')].
Retrieve the value using IMPORTXML.
Retrieve the number of ### from the value like ### likes using SPLIT and INDEX.
Result:
Modified formula 2:
=REGEXEXTRACT(IMPORTXML(A1,"//script[#id='__NEXT_DATA__']"),"likesCount""\:(\d+)") - 1
This result is the same with Modified formula 1.
Note:
For example, if =IMPORTXML(A1,"//div[#class='ArticleActions__Container-sc-15ye7g8-0 huWdyg'][1]//span[contains(text(),'likes')]") is used, 100 likes is retrieved.
References
IMPORTXML
SPLIT
INDEX
Need to write a macro for importing a table from all URLs present in column A of Symbols sheet, each URL table should be written to a new sheet with the sheet being named as per the names in column B of Symbols sheet.
Using the below formula to extract table information from URL, which is working.
=IMPORTHTML(symbols!A1, "table",1)
=IMPORTHTML(symbols!A1, "table",3)
A sample sheet URL is below.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uJPjfAZLRCwafetbH4-nPJPSpTvvgixlFvGG6gYITBU/edit?usp=sharing
Need to customize a few rows and columns which are not required. I believe this can be done by recording a macro and copy-pasting those modification lines to macro.
Edit: I am able to achieve this in MS Excel, one click does the job of importing table, creating a new sheet, copying the table, little formatting. Want to achieve the same in googlesheets.
check the INDEX and ARRAY_CONSTRAIN functions (probably also QUERY and FILTER function too) which are able to trim off the input exactly as you need to.
I am creating a home budget for myself in Google Sheets, working in Chrome on Windows 10. In the end, the budget will be composed of separate sheets for each month, containing tables for each Friday (payday) within that month. All such tables will follow a certain format and will pull arrays of budget data from an auxiliary sheet.
However, trial-and-error (mostly error) is abundant, and one quails at the thought of having to paste corrections across 52 tables. Is there any way to have each table emulate a formula set down in a template? For example, ideally, my template would contain something like:
=INDEX(IF(condition(relativeCell),namedRange1,namedRange2)
and the final product would pull that formula (with relative reference) to each table. If I discover a mistake or need to make a change, I can simply change the template, and all of the live tables would update their formulas.
Can this be done in Google Sheets?
Failing that, I already have a function that returns a cell's formula as string text. Can this be used to get the desired effect?
there is a formula called INDIRECT which does exactly that:
https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093377?hl=en
I'm trying to build a webapp based on Google Sheets. I'm a little bit confused with the API. I have a spreadsheet which is shared with me by Drive and contains 2 sheets. I can get the first sheet with
GET /v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}
Returns the spreadsheet at the given ID.
endpoint. But I couldn't figure out how to get the second sheet. Is there a way I can get spesific sheet from a spreadsheet?
The problem in here is when you are using ranges parameter you have to specify the sheet title with A1 notation syntax as described in this document: https://developers.google.com/sheets/guides/concepts#sheet_id
I was using the ranges parameter and using the A1 notation correctly but I wasn't specifying the sheet title. In that scenario the default sheet is the first one. If you want the get another sheet other than the first one you have to specify the title, like this:
https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}?ranges=sheetTitle!A3:F20