IMPORTHTML

Imports data from a table or list within an HTML page.

Sample Usage

IMPORTHTML("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India","table",4)

IMPORTHTML(A2,B2,C2)

Syntax

IMPORTHTML(url, query, index)

• url - The URL of the page to examine, including protocol (e.g. http://).

  • The value for url must either be enclosed in quotation marks or be a reference to a cell containing the appropriate text.

• query - Either “list” or “table” depending on what type of structure contains the desired data.

• index - The index, starting at 1, which identifies which table or list as defined in the HTML source should be returned.

  • The indices for lists and tables are maintained separately, so there may be both a list and a table with index 1 if both types of elements exist on the HTML page.

See Also

IMPORTXML: Imports data from any of various structured data types including XML, HTML, CSV, TSV, and RSS and ATOM XML feeds.

IMPORTRANGE: Imports a range of cells from a specified spreadsheet.

IMPORTFEED: Imports a RSS or ATOM feed.

IMPORTDATA: Imports data at a given url in .csv (comma-separated value) or .tsv (tab-separated value) format.

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