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Downloading HTML tables, Alteryx not finding tables?

JDFS404 — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 09:40:29 GMT

I'm trying to download and parse the following tables from this site: Corporate tax rates table. I've managed to understand where the data is coming from: Data source.

When I'm downloading the data, Alteryx is only returning the "Locations" and "Footnotes" tables, but nothing in between and no countries.

Could somebody help me with parsing the tables? I tried a lot, to no avail.

This is what Alteryx spits out, by the way, as you see only two tables:

<!doctype html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>KPMG</title> <script language="JavaScript"> var selectedTax = "Corporate" </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="js/jquery-1.6.2.min.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" src="js/js-GM-PRGM-009.js"></script> <link href="css/style-GM-PRGM-009.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <div class="GMPRGM009ResponsiveTable"> <table width="100%" > <tbody> <tr> <th class="GMPRGM009xslTHLocation">Location</th> <th class="GMPRGM009xslTHFootnotes">Footnotes</th> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </body> </html>

Re: Downloading HTML tables, Alteryx not finding tables?

rkapoor — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:39:54 GMT

Have a look at the attached workflow as an example. This will give you some insights.

Re: Downloading HTML tables, Alteryx not finding tables?

jdunkerley79 — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:42:53 GMT

The actual data is coming from https://s3.amazonaws.com/kpmg-global/tax-rates-tool/js/taxRateTool-data.js

(found this URL by looking at the network tab in Chrome)

This provides the data in JSON format.

You can download this and then parse.

Something like:

Sample attached

Re: Downloading HTML tables, Alteryx not finding tables?

MichalM — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:45:34 GMT

@JDFS404

The websites use a script to render the content ie the tables are not built out using static HTML which Alteryx can download and parse. You can use a method described by @DavidM here to scrape websites with dynamically generated content.

Re: Downloading HTML tables, Alteryx not finding tables?

JDFS404 — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:42:19 GMT

Exactly what I was looking for, @jdunkerley79! Thanks very much :).

Re: Downloading HTML tables, Alteryx not finding tables?

BarboraSilovska — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:11:14 GMT

This is a great help! Any pointers on where to find this table including 2021 rates?

Re: Downloading HTML tables, Alteryx not finding tables?

LEXQ2005 — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:13:29 GMT

@jdunkerley79

I downloaded your Alteryx file, did not change anything in your workflow and ran it, but I did not get any result.

The download tool outputs 0 results.

Wondering if you have any insights of how to fix.