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require 'rubygems'
require 'nokogiri'
class Nokogiri::XML::Node
def method_missing name, *args, &block
if args.empty?
list = xpath("//#{name}")
elsif args.first.is_a? Hash
hash = args.first
if hash[:css]
list = css("#{name}#{hash[:css]}")
elsif hash[:xpath]
conds = Array(hash[:xpath]).collect{|j| "[#{j}]"}
list = xpath("//#{name}#{conds}")
end
else
list = css("#{name}#{args.first}")
end
list.length == 1 ? list.first : list
end
end
doc = Nokogiri::HTML(<<-eohtml)
<html>
<body>
<ul>
<li class='red'>one</li>
<li class='blue'>two</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
eohtml
p doc.html.body.ul.li.first.text # => one
p doc.html.body.ul.li(".blue").text # => two
p doc.html.body.ul.li(:css => ".blue").text # => two
p doc.html.body.ul.li(:xpath => "position()=2").text # => two
p doc.html.body.ul.li(:xpath => ["contains(text(),'o')"]).first.text # => one
p doc.html.body.ul.li(:xpath => ["contains(text(),'o')","contains(text(),'t')"]).text # => two
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