From: "A. Mcbomb" <atomicmcbomb@...>
Date: 2010-12-11T09:38:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with net/http

I got one of my servers updated and I'm now running Nokogiri without 
errors which is great news.

Here is my new code:
-------------------
url = URI.parse("http://www.apartment-directory.info")
   res = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) {|http|
   http.get('/connecticut/0')
   }

page = Nokogiri::HTML res.body
page.xpath("//tr//td/a").each do |node|
  puts node.text
end
-----------------
This returns some of the data that I need but not all of it.
I do not understand this line:

   page.xpath("//tr/td")

I know it is supposed to be the path to the data I need but I'm not sure 
how I can get to all the data I need from the URL, it seems like some of 
the data is between tags that I can't figure out.

This is one record from the webpage in HTML:
-----
<tr bgcolor=white><td valign=top><a 
href="/map/22-glenbrook-road-condo-associate/stamford-connecticut-06902-(203)327-4028/14741" 
title="Condominium Office Rental and Leasing, Condominiums and 
Townhouses, Condominium and Townhouse Rental and Leasing ">22 Glenbrook 
Road Condo Associates</a></td><td valign=top>
<a 
href="/map/22-glenbrook-road-condo-associate/stamford-connecticut-06902-(203)327-4028/14741" 
class=map>Map&nbsp;It!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>22 Glenbrook 
Road</td>
<td valign=top>Stamford,&nbsp;&nbsp;CT&nbsp;&nbsp;06902</td>
<td valign=top nowrap>(203) 327-4028</td></tr>
-----
I need to be able to get the following information for one record out:

22 Glenbrook Road Condo Associates,22 Glenbrook 
Road,Stamford,CT,O6902,(203) 327-4028

I thought that if I configured Nokogiri with:
    page.xpath("//tr/td")

..that is would get me inside these table brackets but it's not working.

Can you possibly point out where I'm going wrong?

thanks for the help,

atomic

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