search-filter Scenario 1 — Search and Extract Results

Written by RTILA X Engineering Team

Beginner ~4 min

What You'll Learn

Perform a search and extract the results

Real-World Use Case

Automating product search on marketplaces

LIVE DEMO

Article Search

Search the first fifteen articles and extract the items that match your query.

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Matching Results for 'web'

title	url
WebAssembly Adoption Trends	https://learn.rtila.com/articles/6

RTILA X PROJECT JSON

RTILA X Automation Project

search-extract-results.json

    {
  "name": "Search_And_Extract_Results",
  "settings": {
    "urls": [
      "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/search-filter/1"
    ],
    "headless": false,
    "navigation_timeout": 30000,
    "max_concurrent_workers": 1,
    "humanoidEnabled": true,
    "humanoidSensitivity": "medium"
  },
  "datasets": {
    "search_results": {
      "item_selector": "css=.search-result",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "title",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=h3.result-title"
        },
        {
          "name": "url",
          "type": "attribute",
          "selector": "css=a.result-url",
          "attribute": "href"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "goto",
      "params": {
        "url": "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/search-filter/1"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=#search-input"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "fill",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=#search-input",
        "value": "web"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "press",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=#search-input",
        "key": "Enter"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=.results"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "extract_data",
      "params": {
        "dataset": "search_results"
      }
    }
  ]
}

RTILA X Concepts

fill types into an input, press sends a keyboard key, and wait_for_selector guarantees the dynamic result list is present before extraction.

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This scenario covers 4 RTILA X commands and is referenced in 2 learning articles.

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