HTML parse in Java?

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I'm trying to parse (with jsoup) some specific text from a website, but it doesn't work for me. LINK TO SITE

It's the number "43" in red text that I am interested in at the top-right of the page.

This is what I tried:

String test;

public void scan(String url) throws Exception {

    Document document = Jsoup.connect(url).get();        
    Elements votes = document.select("#malicious-votes .pull-right");
    test = votes.text();
}

public int returnVotes(){
    return test();
}

~ ~ ~

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    Scan_VirusTotal virustotal = new Scan_VirusTotal();     
    virustotal.scan("https://www.virustotal.com/sv/url/cbf2d00f974d212b6700e7051f8b23f2038e876173066af41780e09481ef1cdd/analysis/1407146081");      
    System.out.println(virustotal.returnVotes());

This prints nothing. Other elements work fine with this exact method, so I'm really confused as to why this particular piece of text won't parse.

Ideas? Thanks.

EDIT - added some HTML from page as requested:

<div style="display:block" class="pull-right value text-red" id="malicious-votes">44</div>

Please provide some sample HTML instead of posting a link to the website in question. — Daniel B
– Daniel B, Commented Aug 4, 2014 at 12:30
Just linking to the page shows nothing of what source you are actually looking at, thus you should always include the code instead of only linking. — Daniel B
– Daniel B, Commented Aug 4, 2014 at 13:15
Well I explained which part I was referring to. If you click inspect code it will take you straight to the relative code. The reason why I didn't include is because the tree is quite big and so I didn't want to cut anything out :) — Chris
– Chris, Commented Aug 4, 2014 at 13:24

user2575725 · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-04 12:27:56Z

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Try using this instead:

Elements votes = document.select("#malicious-votes");
test = votes.text();

I tried this $("#malicious-votes .pull-right") in the browser console of the given page, gives me empty array. But $("#malicious-votes") gives me the vote div which itself has the class pull-right.

answered Aug 4, 2014 at 12:27

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Jonathan Lerner · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-04 12:28:09Z

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Your selector should be:

"#malicious-votes", not "#malicious-votes .pull-right".

"#malicious-votes .pull-right" selects any elements with class pull-right that are descendants of #malicious-votes. What you want is the #malicious-votes element itself.

answered Aug 4, 2014 at 12:28

Jonathan Lerner

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