"""
Item Loader
See documentation in docs/topics/loaders.rst
"""
import itemloaders
from scrapy.item import Item
from scrapy.selector import Selector
[docs]class ItemLoader(itemloaders.ItemLoader):
"""
A user-friendly abstraction to populate an :ref:`item <topics-items>` with data
by applying :ref:`field processors <topics-loaders-processors>` to scraped data.
When instantiated with a ``selector`` or a ``response`` it supports
data extraction from web pages using :ref:`selectors <topics-selectors>`.
:param item: The item instance to populate using subsequent calls to
:meth:`~ItemLoader.add_xpath`, :meth:`~ItemLoader.add_css`,
or :meth:`~ItemLoader.add_value`.
:type item: scrapy.item.Item
:param selector: The selector to extract data from, when using the
:meth:`add_xpath`, :meth:`add_css`, :meth:`replace_xpath`, or
:meth:`replace_css` method.
:type selector: :class:`~scrapy.selector.Selector` object
:param response: The response used to construct the selector using the
:attr:`default_selector_class`, unless the selector argument is given,
in which case this argument is ignored.
:type response: :class:`~scrapy.http.Response` object
If no item is given, one is instantiated automatically using the class in
:attr:`default_item_class`.
The item, selector, response and remaining keyword arguments are
assigned to the Loader context (accessible through the :attr:`context` attribute).
.. attribute:: item
The item object being parsed by this Item Loader.
This is mostly used as a property so, when attempting to override this
value, you may want to check out :attr:`default_item_class` first.
.. attribute:: context
The currently active :ref:`Context <loaders-context>` of this Item Loader.
.. attribute:: default_item_class
An :ref:`item <topics-items>` class (or factory), used to instantiate
items when not given in the ``__init__`` method.
.. attribute:: default_input_processor
The default input processor to use for those fields which don't specify
one.
.. attribute:: default_output_processor
The default output processor to use for those fields which don't specify
one.
.. attribute:: default_selector_class
The class used to construct the :attr:`selector` of this
:class:`ItemLoader`, if only a response is given in the ``__init__`` method.
If a selector is given in the ``__init__`` method this attribute is ignored.
This attribute is sometimes overridden in subclasses.
.. attribute:: selector
The :class:`~scrapy.selector.Selector` object to extract data from.
It's either the selector given in the ``__init__`` method or one created from
the response given in the ``__init__`` method using the
:attr:`default_selector_class`. This attribute is meant to be
read-only.
"""
default_item_class = Item
default_selector_class = Selector
def __init__(self, item=None, selector=None, response=None, parent=None, **context):
if selector is None and response is not None:
selector = self.default_selector_class(response)
context.update(response=response)
super().__init__(item=item, selector=selector, parent=parent, **context)