Regex Post-processing Function

Regex Post-processing function can be used to extract the string in our extracted field result. For example, I have this scraping agent “Regex Function Example(Post-Processing)” in my account and I want to extract state from City field. Here, we can use the Regex Post-processing function to extract the state from City field.

Before

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Steps

  1. Edit the scraping agent by clicking on the Edit tab

  2. Add a new field, name it something like me named it State and selector will be same as for City field

  3. Now, click on the Add Post-Processing button to add the Regex Post-Processing function, The below dialog box will appear

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  4. Now, enter the Regular expression as [^,]+,\s*(.*) in Expression parameter and enter the Group index as (1)in Group parameter which shown in above screenshot.

  5. Then, Save the function and the scraping agent configuration

  6. And finally, re-run you agent to apply the changes.

After Regex Function

Now, if we notice the screenshot below, we find the new field State with the updated result.

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