Action Types

ExtractTable Action

Extract the values of elements as a table

This type of action will be created by Bytebot when prompted to execute operations on multiple elements. For example, getting all the names and addresses from a list.

Example:

1// On a page with a list of employees with name, address and link to their profile
2const actions = await bytebot.extract(
3    Table([
4      Column("Name", Text("The name of the employee")),
5      Column("Address", Text("The address of the employee")),
6      Column("Link", Attribute("The profile link of the employee")),
7    ]),
8    page
9  );

Example of returned actions:

1  {
2    type: "ExtractTable",
3    xpath: "/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/tr",
4    rows:[
5      [
6        {
7            name: "Name",
8            action: {
9              xpath: "/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/tr[1]/td[1]",
10              type: "CopyText"
11            }
12        },
13        {
14            name: "Address",
15            action: {
16              xpath: "/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/tr[1]/td[2]",
17              type: "CopyText"
18            }
19        },
20        {
21            name: "Link",
22            action: {
23              xpath: "/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/tr[1]/td[3]/a",
24              type: "CopyAttribute",
25              attribute: "href"
26            }
27        }
28      ]
29
30      ...
31
32    ]
33  }

When executed, this action will return an array of Record<string,string|null>.

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