Define module name

[pablohoffman]

Is there a module name suggested for this new baby?. Feel free to dump ideas :)

[pablohoffman]

How does this look?

import s3l3ct0r

See what I just did?. I set the bar very low, to break prejudices and get shy new ideas flowing :)

[umrashrf]

how about domquery or querydom?

[dangra]

htmldomselector scrapy-dom read_your_dom querymydom dominado domador

domass -> Documnet Object Model Aesthetic Simple Selectors

[dangra]

pickachoose ! as "to choose very carefully from a number of possibilities; to be selective."

[kmike]

I don't like names with 'dom' in them because selectors don't necessarily work with DOM - there are .re and .re_first methods.

[nramirezuy]

@dangra dass -> Documnet Aesthetic Simple Selectors Slap! **dass**

[Allactaga]

webselectors

[sardok]

scrapy-walkers

[bosnjak]

I would suggest: finicky.

Meaning: extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards.

[eliasdorneles]

+1 on webselectors - easy to recall and associate with.

[dangra]

@eliasdorneles pssst, no +1's allowed... only new names :)

[curita]

Some blatant variations from "selectors":

• Sufixes: selectorlib, sellib
• Prefixes: scrapy-selectors, python-selectors
• Other languages: selektor, selektori, selettore, selettori, selezione
• The startup naming approach: selectr
• The scrapy approach: selectory

[Digenis]

I favour scrapy-selectors over fancy confusing names. Their initial target audience is the scrapy community anyway. For the new users discovering it, I think this suffices: FAQ: 1. Does it depend on scrapy? No, it doesn't.

I'd also rather see it in the same namespace as scrapy. I mean installing scrapy-selectors and then being able to import scrapy.selectors (PEP 0420) I can't say if it can be accomplished (still keeping it independent of scrapy) without creating a mess but I am very willing to look it up and experiment if none else can confirm it.

[Granitosaurus]

@digenis It's a bit confusing though since - format is kinda already established for package extensions more than standalone packages like scrapy-inline-requests or django-cms to give few examples.

other than that, my take: parsel - parse + select
Bonus points for sounding like parcel(def. Something wrapped up or packaged) which does make sense if you think of html nodes being all packed up in one object.

[chekunkov]

• selectipy
• webextractor
• webextract
• webselect

[nyov]

Shiny new name. :) Funny thing happened; I scrolled back to some days old open tabs in my browser, and had this "wtf?" moment finding a scrapy/parsel project I never heard of and couldn't remember opening at all... Sneaky github redirects.

I suppose this brainstorm is concluded then.

[eliasdorneles]

Hey, @nyov ! Yup, we decided to go with parsel -- shiny, short and sweet! :D Thanks @Granitas for the nice suggestion, here is a beer: :beer: I'm closing this.