Field Types

Each field in a recipe has a type that determines what data is extracted from the matched elements.

TypeDescriptionExample
textExtracts the visible text content of the elementProduct names, titles, descriptions
linkExtracts the href attribute from anchor tagsURLs, navigation links
imageExtracts the src attribute from image elementsProduct images, thumbnails
numberExtracts text and parses it as a numberPrices, ratings, counts
htmlExtracts the raw innerHTML of the elementRich text content, embedded markup