HTML Node

Extract data from HTML using CSS selectors, or generate HTML from templates.

Written By pvdyck

Last updated 14 minutes ago

The HTML node extracts data from HTML content using CSS selectors, generates HTML from templates, or converts data to HTML tables.

Operations

Operation	Description
Extract HTML Content	Parse HTML and extract data using CSS selectors
Generate HTML Template	Create HTML output from a template string with variable placeholders
Convert to HTML Table	Transform item data into an HTML table

Parameter	Description
Source Data	The field containing HTML to parse
Extraction Values	One or more CSS selectors to target specific elements
CSS Selector	Standard CSS selector (e.g., `div.price`, `a[href]`, `table tr td`)
Return Value	What to extract: HTML (inner HTML), Text (text content), or Attribute (a specific attribute value)
Return Array	When enabled, returns all matching elements as an array instead of just the first match
Attribute	The attribute name to extract (when Return Value is "Attribute")

Parameter	Description
HTML Template	A template string with `{{ $json.fieldName }}` placeholders that are replaced with item data

Parameter	Description
Table Style	Styling options for the generated table
Columns	Which fields to include as table columns

Use Extract after an HTTP Request node to scrape data from web pages
Use Generate to build email bodies or reports from workflow data
CSS selectors follow standard browser syntax -- test them in browser DevTools first