R: Extract attributes, text and tag name from html.

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## Extract attributes, text and tag name from html.

### Description

Extract attributes, text and tag name from html.

### Usage

    html_text(x, trim = FALSE)

    html_name(x)

    html_children(x)

    html_attrs(x)

    html_attr(x, name, default = NA_character_)

### Arguments

`x` | A document, node, or node set.
`trim` | If `TRUE` will trim leading and trailing spaces.
`name` | Name of attribute to retrieve.
`default` | A string used as a default value when the attribute does not exist in every node.

### Value

`html_attr`, `html_tag` and `html_text`, a character vector; `html_attrs`, a list.

### Examples

    movie <- read_html("http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490017/")
    cast <- html_nodes(movie, "#titleCast span.itemprop")
    html_text(cast)
    html_name(cast)
    html_attrs(cast)
    html_attr(cast, "class")

[Package rvest version 0.3.2 Index]