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fix: specify h3 and span selectors for groups search extraction (#593) #603

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92 changes: 74 additions & 18 deletions packages/core/src/linkedinSearch.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1792,16 +1792,36 @@ export class LinkedInSearchService {
.split("\n")
.map((line) => normalize(line))
.filter(Boolean);
let h3Text = pickText(card, [
"h3 span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"h3 span[aria-hidden='true']",
"h3",
".entity-result__title-text a span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
".entity-result__title-text a span[aria-hidden='true']",
".entity-result__title-text a"
]);

let memberSpanText = "";
const spans = Array.from(card.querySelectorAll("span"));
for (const s of spans) {
const text = normalize(s.textContent);
if (/member/i.test(text) && text.length < 50) {
memberSpanText = text;
break;
}
}

return {
name:
h3Text ||
normalize(
(
link?.querySelector("span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']") ??
link?.querySelector("span[aria-hidden='true']")
)?.textContent
) || lines[0] || "",
group_type: lines[1] || "",
member_count: lines.find((line) => /member/i.test(line)) ?? "",
member_count: memberSpanText || (lines.find((line) => /member/i.test(line)) ?? ""),
description: lines[2] || lines[3] || "",
group_url: toAbsoluteHref(
normalize(link?.getAttribute("href")) || normalize(link?.href)
Expand All @@ -1827,25 +1847,44 @@ export class LinkedInSearchService {
const nameLink = card.querySelector(
"a[data-test-app-aware-link]"
);
const name = nameLink
? normalize(nameLink.textContent)
: pickText(card, [
"a[href*='/groups/'] span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"a[data-test-app-aware-link] span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"a[data-test-app-aware-link] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"a[href*='/groups/'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"a[href*='/groups/']"
]);

// We prioritize specific h3 and span elements to avoid extracting the entire card's text
// if nameLink wraps the whole card
let name = pickText(card, [
"h3 span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"h3 span[aria-hidden='true']",
"h3",
".entity-result__title-text a span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
".entity-result__title-text a span[aria-hidden='true']",
".entity-result__title-text a",
"a[href*='/groups/'] span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"a[data-test-app-aware-link] span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"a[data-test-app-aware-link] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"a[href*='/groups/'] span[aria-hidden='true']"
]);

if (!name && nameLink) {
// If we fall back to nameLink.textContent, it might contain the whole card text.
// We do a safer extraction if possible
name = normalize(nameLink.textContent);
}

let memberCount = pickText(card, [
".entity-result__primary-subtitle span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
".entity-result__primary-subtitle span[aria-hidden='true']",
".entity-result__primary-subtitle",
"div.t-14.t-black.t-normal span[aria-hidden='true']",
"div.t-14.t-black.t-normal"
]);

if (!memberCount) {
memberCount = pickSiblingText(card, "a[data-test-app-aware-link], a[href*='/groups/']", 0);
}

return {
name,
group_type: "",
member_count:
pickSiblingText(card, "a[data-test-app-aware-link], a[href*='/groups/']", 0) ||
pickText(card, [
"div.t-14.t-black.t-normal",
".entity-result__primary-subtitle"
]),
member_count: memberCount,
description: pickText(card, [
"p[class*='entity-result__summary']",
"[class*='entity-result__summary']",
Expand All @@ -1866,10 +1905,27 @@ export class LinkedInSearchService {
.map((line) => normalize(line))
.filter(Boolean);
const link = card.querySelector("a[href*='/groups/']") as HTMLAnchorElement | null;

const h3Text = pickText(card, [
"h3 span[dir='ltr'] span[aria-hidden='true']",
"h3 span[aria-hidden='true']",
"h3"
]);

let memberSpanText = "";
const spans = Array.from(card.querySelectorAll("span"));
for (const s of spans) {
const text = normalize(s.textContent);
if (/member/i.test(text) && text.length < 50) {
memberSpanText = text;
break;
}
}

return {
name: lines[0] ?? "",
name: h3Text || (lines[0] ?? ""),
group_type: lines[1] ?? "",
member_count: lines.find((line) => /member/i.test(line)) ?? "",
member_count: memberSpanText || (lines.find((line) => /member/i.test(line)) ?? ""),
description: lines[2] ?? "",
group_url: toAbsoluteHref(
normalize(link?.getAttribute("href")) || normalize(link?.href)
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