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| dev:translators:coding [2023/07/20 04:00] – [doWeb] Remove the part that's no longer in harmony with the newly added text on metadata retrieval. zoe | dev:translators:coding [2023/08/04 01:14] (current) – [Search Translators] dstillman |
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| Another less-used helper function ''innerText()'' has the same signature as ''text()'', but it differs from the latter by returning the selected node's ''[[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/innerText|innerText]]'' value, which is affected by how the node's content would have been rendered. | Another less-used helper function ''innerText()'' has the same signature as ''text()'', but it differs from the latter by returning the selected node's ''[[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/innerText|innerText]]'' value, which is affected by how the node's content would have been rendered. |
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| | In addition, you can always use the API functions ''querySelector'' and ''querySelectorAll'' directly, but the helper functions should be preferred when they are adequate for the job. |
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| | In some older translator code, you are likely to encounter node-selection expressed by XPath. Although XPath has its uses, for the most common types of scraping the selector-based functions should be preferred because of the simpler syntax of selectors. |
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| === Metadata === | === Metadata === |
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| ''doSearch'' should augment the provided item with additional information and call ''item.complete()'' when done. Since search translators are never called directly, but only by other translators or by the [[:getting_stuff_into_your_library#add_item_by_identifier|Add Item by Identifier]] (magic wand) function, it is common for the information to be further processed an [[#calling_other_translators|''itemDone'' handler]] specified in the calling translator. | ''doSearch'' should augment the provided item with additional information and call ''item.complete()'' when done. Since search translators are never called directly, but only by other translators or by the [[:adding_items_to_zotero#add_item_by_identifier|Add Item by Identifier]] (magic wand) function, it is common for the information to be further processed an [[#calling_other_translators|''itemDone'' handler]] specified in the calling translator. |
| ====== Further Reference ====== | ====== Further Reference ====== |
| ===== Utility Functions ===== | ===== Utility Functions ===== |
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