Substring matching attribute selector is not working in Scrappy module

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I want to extract img src attribute value if the value contains "foo.gif" using scrappy module with Scrappy::Scraper::Parser.So I used CSS sub string selector as following

Use Scrappy;

$html=" <h1>ARCO ELETRÔNICO - MUSICAL - D63 - TINY LOVE</h1>

              </a>Este arco é colorido, flexível e versátil. Pode ser 
+colocado para diversão do Bebê no carrinho e no bebê conforto.</p>
<img src="http://www.somesite.com/site/_images/image1.gif" />
              <br /><img src="http://www.somesite.com/site/_images/foo
+.gif" /><br />
";
my  $parser = Scrappy::Scraper::Parser->new;
$parser->html($html);
$parser->select('img[src*="foo.gif"]');

my  $image_url = $parser->data->[0]->{src};
print "\nimage:$image_url\n";
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But it doesn't fetch the foo.gif url by matching substring .

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Re: Substring matching attribute selector is not working in Scrappy module by Anonymous Monk on May 18, 2011 at 11:10 UTC
used CSS sub string selector as following The code you posted does not compile. If the code does not compile, chances are, your attribute selector does not compile either. After checking, I am 100% confident the problem is with your selector and not with with Scrappy. http://w3schools.com/xpath/xpath_syntax.asp	[reply]
Re^2: Substring matching attribute selector is not working in Scrappy module by shivanisai (Initiate) on May 18, 2011 at 11:24 UTC
use Scrappy; $html=' <h1>ARCO ELETRÔNICO - MUSICAL - D63 - TINY LOVE</h1> </a>Este arco é colorido, flexível e versátil. Pode ser +colocado para diversão do Bebê no carrinho e no bebê conforto.</p> <img src="http://www.somesite.com/site/_images/image1.gif" /> <br /><img src="http://www.somesite.com/site/_images/foo +.gif" >dsfsdfs</img><br /> '; my $parser = Scrappy::Scraper::Parser->new; $parser->html($html); $parser->select('img[src*="foo.gif"]'); my $image_url = $parser->data->[0]->{src}; print "\nimage:$image_url\n"; [download] now it is compiled.still the selector is not working. I couldn't able to get Image url which contains value foo.gif	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Substring matching attribute selector is not working in Scrappy module by Anonymous Monk on May 18, 2011 at 11:29 UTC
now it is compiled.still the selector is not working. I couldn't able to get Image url which contains value foo.gif You fixed one typo (perl code), you still have to fix the selector (xpath). I linked to xpath tutorial, go read.	[reply]