def extractItems(self, response):
# we keep this dictionary for partially filled items.
temp_items = {}
item = DliMetaItem()
soup = BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup(response.body)
table = soup.find('table', width='90%')
rows = table.findAll('tr')
for row in rows:
cell = row.find('td')
if not cell:
continue
anchorTag = cell.find('a')
if anchorTag and anchorTag.attrMap:
item.metadataLink = anchorTag.attrMap['href']
metaText = cell.findAll(text=True)
item['pages'] = metaText[1].split('.')[-2].strip(
'\n \t') # -1 is empty since there is a dot at the end.
item['title'] = metaText[0]
item['barcode'] = metaText[1].lstrip(', ')
self.temp_items[item['barcode']] = item
return temp_items
