Saturday, October 11, 2014

Using firebug to find the Xpath on a webpage (needed for YQL)

1. Google “firebug” and install the addon


2. Navigate to the website wish to find the YQL for and select the blue arrow in the upper right hand side of firebug



3. Using the arrow select the area of the site you need. This should highlight an area of HTML in the debugger


4. Right click on the highlighted zone and select “copy xpath”



5. Note down/copy this “xpath” for later use!

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