Xpath for changing text

[wuptii999]

Hello.

I am trying to create a Google Sheets doc that automaticly imports prices from a url on futbin.com.

Here is an example URL: https://www.futbin.com/18/player/60/Schmeichel/

On the page im trying to get the top price for PS4, im using the formular:

=importxml(https://www.futbin.com/18/player/60/Schmeichel/, "//span[@id='ps-lowest-1']/text()")

But i only get a "-" in the colum.

Hopefully someone can tell me what im doing wrong here

[adrian]

Hi,

The XPath is fine, the problem is the XML source. Check the result of importxml(), it seems to be replacing all values with '-'.
Later Edit: It's not importxml() that causes this, it's most likely the web server that doesn't serve you the values in the first place. It's either some kind of data protection or the values are actually retrieved by JavaScript code which isn't running if you just import the HTML.

Regards,
Adrian

[BellaHamilton]

Hi,
I have some similar problem with importing my data to xml file. Can I personally change settings of the server data protection to have the possibility to import data?

Thanks.

[adrian]

Hi,

Can I personally change settings of the server data protection to have the possibility to import data?

Probably, if you have admin access to the server's contents. But if you have access to that you probably also have access to the server's database, in which case this kind of "import" isn't really necessary, just go for the database import.

Regards,
Adrian