IMPORTXML Function doesn't work for this page

Question

I'm trying to do a personal search and would like to get some data (Number of players, Number of reviews, Category etc), from the single-game page of BoardGameGeek Website (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven).

Unfortunately, the IMPORTXML Google Spreadsheet function doesn't work and I don't understand why. Maybe the page is JS generated? I'm not an expert, does anyone have a solution? I have looked in other treads but it seems to me a rather specific case.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '22 at 10:53

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IMOPORTXML formula (or any other IMPORT formula) does not support the scrapping of JavaScript elements. you can always test this by disabling JS for a given site and usually only what is left can be imported. in your case its pure JS:

answered Jun 14 '22 at 10:53

player0

124,011
12
67
124

Thank you! Is there any way around this problem? – Carlo Alberto Jun 14 '22 at 11:00
@CarloAlberto with different url that hosts same data you may be more lucky – player0 Jun 14 '22 at 11:01

IMPORTXML Function doesn't work for this page

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