Multiscrape - 2 questions

Configuration
1

I’m trying to get the snow fall from a website.
The class for the data I need is .number for all of the data.
I’m able to grab the first instance, but when using nth-child(n) (2, etc) the data isn’t pulling.
Question 1: what am I doing wrong?
Question 2: this is pulling the string x" for x inches of snow. I want to split out the double quotes but am rather certain value.split (""") isn’t correct. I also tried using the ascii code with no luck.
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So I’ve worked through part of the challenge.
If you look at the resource URL you’ll see I’m trying to grab data from a table.
I am now successful with grabbing the first row.
But of course, I also want the second row, and things fall apart here.
If I just understood the actual logic here.
This is my updated code, the commented out lines do not work.

- name: UT Snow Scraper
  resource: https://townlift.com/weather-snow-report/
  scan_interval: 5000
  sensor:
    - unique_id: deer_valley_inches_of_snow_24hrs
      name: Deer Valley Snow Report Fall Last 24hrs
      select:  ".col-xs.snow-report__stat > .number"
#      on_error:
#        value: "Not Yet" 
#      value_template: '{{ value.split("&@34")[0] }}'
    - unique_id: deer_valley_inches_of_snow_48hrs
      name: Deer Valley Snow Report Fall Last 48hrs
      select: ".col-xs.snow-report__stat:nth-child(3) > .number"
#      value_template: '{{ value.split(""")[0] }}'
    - unique_id: deer_valley_snow_base
      name: Deer Valley Snow Base
      select: ".col-xs.snow-report__stat:nth-child(4) > .number"
#      value_template: '{{ value.split(""")[0] }}' 
    - unique_id: deer_valley_current_temp
      name: Deer Valley Current Temp
      select: ".col-xs.snow-report__stat:nth-child(5) > .number"
#      value_template: '{{ value.split("°")[0] }}' 
#    - unique_id: park_city_inches_of_snow_24hrs
#      name: Park City Snow Report Fall Last 24hrs
#      select:  ".snow-report__item:nth-child(1) > .col-xs.snow-report__stat:nth-child(3) > .number" 
#      value_template: '{{ value.split("&@34")[0] }}'
#    - unique_id: park_city_of_snow_48hrs
#      name: Park City Snow Report Fall Last 48hrs
#      select: ".snow-report__item:nth-child(1).col-xs.snow-report__stat:nth-child(4) > .number"
#      value_template: '{{ value.split(""")[0] }}'
#    - unique_id: park_city_snow_base
#      name: Park City Snow Base
#      select: ".snow-report__item:nth-child(1).col-xs.snow-report__stat:nth-child(5) > .number"
#      value_template: '{{ value.split(""")[0] }}' 
#    - unique_id: park_city_current_temp
#      name: Park City Current Temp
#      select: ".snow-report__item:nth-child(1).col-xs.snow-report__stat:nth-child(6) > .number"
#      value_template: '{{ value.split("°")[0] }}'
3

Not tested but:

  • Try escaping the double quotes like this: .split("\"")
  • Try something like this for on_error:
on_error:
  value: default
  default: "Not yet"

(‘strategy’ would be a better name instead of value)

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