XPath Doctor

Analyze XPath expressions directly inside VSCode.

XPath Doctor helps developers identify fragile XPath selectors, understand what they do, and improve scraping reliability.

Features

• XPath classification:

  • GOOD
  • REGULAR
  • FRAGILE

• Explains what the XPath does

• Detects fragile selectors

• Suggests improvements

• Integrated directly into VSCode

Example

XPath

/html/body/div[2]/main/div[3]/span/text()

Result

• Classification: FRAGILE
• Detects absolute path usage
• Detects fixed indexes
• Suggests more resilient selectors

How to Use

1. Select an XPath
2. Right click
3. Click:

XPath Doctor: Analyze Selected XPath

Supported Features

• Absolute path detection
• Fixed index detection
• Generic selector detection
• Class/id analysis
• XPath explanation engine

Future Improvements

• Analyze all XPaths in file
• AI-powered XPath suggestions
• Scrapy integration
• CodeLens support
• HTML preview mode

License

MIT