psf/requests-html

Need method get all children

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#226 opened on Sep 28, 2018

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Description

Hi Please add some method work with children nodes same as lxml.etree.getchildren()

Currently, I'm using requests-html but sometime I must using lxml.etree to load html from Element, after that, using etree to get children :(

Thanks so much. This is awesome project.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
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under 1 hour
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stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Basic PythonHTML DOM concepts
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80
Research direction
Look at the Element class in requests html.py to understand current element structure. Create a method `getchildren()` that returns a list of child Element objects. Follow existing patterns like `.find()` and `.xpath()`. Test with simple HTML to ensure correctness. Check lxml's getchildren() for behavior reference.