Learn how and when to write and modify XPath in data extraction with Octoparse.

You can use Octoparse to scrape websites now but sometimes the output has missing data or the task is not working properly. A new XPath expression can easily solve the problems and make the task work.

XPath is a language that allows you to locate specific elements from a page. Modifying XPath in Octoparse works very well with more flexibility and accuracy than the XPath auto-generated by clicking e...

There are various kinds of tutorials and blogs about XPath on our website.

If you want to change the XPath of the item to precisely locate the value you want. You could just click the fixed value field you want to customize under the “Extract Data” tag.

Why I could not extract the data when using XPath?

When you choose the Variable List mode for your loop, Octoparse V6.2 will generate a relative XPath to better position the web elements inside the loop items.

It is easy to scrape the same field value from multiple websites with Octoparse when the field in different pages is at the same position. But some fields are not always in the same position. For exam...