The selector tool
The selector tool is how you tell axiom.ai which elements on a page to interact with or scrape. Use the Single Selector to target one element at a time, or the Multi Selector to extract data from a list. Both support custom CSS selectors and can accept selectors passed in from a data source.
Tutorials for the selector tool
Walk through each tool below. The Single Selector is the right starting point for most steps. Move on to the Multi Selector when you're working with lists or tables, and to custom CSS selectors when the visual selector picks an element that doesn't generalise across pages.
Use the Single Selector
Use the no-code Single Selector to point and click an element on a page, type a text label to match it, paste a custom CSS selector, or pass selectors in from a data source.
Use the Multi Selector tool
Point and click to select text, images, links, and HTML for extraction, group repeating content into rows, and apply custom CSS selectors.
Use custom CSS selectors
Set custom CSS selectors in the Single Selector and Multi Selector tools to target elements that the default picker can't reach.
Need help? Contact support or ask a question in our Reddit community. For a deeper look at building selectors, see our blog post on CSS attribute selectors.