net.html: fix semantic inconsistencies of tag retrieving functions (#18558)

examples/web_crawler/web_crawler.v

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ fn main() {
 	}
 	// html.parse() parses and returns the DOM from the given text.
 	mut doc := html.parse(resp.body)
-	// html.DocumentObjectModel.get_tag_by_attribute_value() retrieves all the tags in the document that has the given attribute name and value.
-	tags := doc.get_tag_by_attribute_value('class', 'list_article_item')
+	// html.DocumentObjectModel.get_tags_by_attribute_value() retrieves all tags in the document that have the given attribute name and value.
+	tags := doc.get_tags_by_attribute_value('class', 'list_article_item')
 	for tag in tags {
 		el := tag.children[1].children[0].children[0].children[0]
 		href := el.attributes['href'] or { panic('key not found') }

vlib/net/html/dom.v

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ mut:
 	debug_file     os.File
 }
 
+[params]
+pub struct GetTagsOptions {
+	name string
+}
+
 [if debug_html ?]
 fn (mut dom DocumentObjectModel) print_debug(data string) {
 	if data.len > 0 {
@@ -163,8 +168,43 @@ fn (mut dom DocumentObjectModel) construct(tag_list []&Tag) {
 	dom.root = tag_list[0]
 }
 
-// get_tag_by_attribute_value retrieves all the tags in the document that has the given attribute name and value.
-pub fn (mut dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tag_by_attribute_value(name string, value string) []&Tag {
+// get_root returns the root of the document.
+pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_root() &Tag {
+	return dom.root
+}
+
+// get_tag retrieves all tags in the document that have the given tag name.
+[deprecated: 'use get_tags instead']
+pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tag(name string) []&Tag {
+	return if name in dom.tag_type { dom.tag_type[name] } else { []&Tag{} }
+}
+
+// get_tags returns all tags stored in the document.
+pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tags(options GetTagsOptions) []&Tag {
+	if options.name != '' {
+		return if options.name in dom.tag_type { dom.tag_type[options.name] } else { []&Tag{} }
+	}
+	return dom.all_tags
+}
+
+// get_tags_by_class_name retrieves all tags recursively in the document root that have the given class name(s).
+pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tags_by_class_name(names ...string) []&Tag {
+	return dom.root.get_tags_by_class_name(...names)
+}
+
+// get_tag_by_attribute retrieves all tags in the document that have the given attribute name.
+[deprecated: 'use get_tags_by_attribute instead']
+pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tag_by_attribute(name string) []&Tag {
+	return if name in dom.all_attributes { dom.all_attributes[name] } else { []&Tag{} }
+}
+
+// get_tags_by_attribute retrieves all tags in the document that have the given attribute name.
+pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tags_by_attribute(name string) []&Tag {
+	return if name in dom.all_attributes { dom.all_attributes[name] } else { []&Tag{} }
+}
+
+// get_tags_by_attribute_value retrieves all tags in the document that have the given attribute name and value.
+pub fn (mut dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tags_by_attribute_value(name string, value string) []&Tag {
 	location := dom.where_is(value, name)
 	return if dom.tag_attributes[name].len > location {
 		dom.tag_attributes[name][location]
@@ -173,27 +213,13 @@ pub fn (mut dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tag_by_attribute_value(name string, val
 	}
 }
 
-// get_tag retrieves all the tags in the document that has the given tag name.
-pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tag(name string) []&Tag {
-	return if name in dom.tag_type { dom.tag_type[name] } else { []&Tag{} }
-}
-
-// get_tag_by_attribute retrieves all the tags in the document that has the given attribute name.
-pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tag_by_attribute(name string) []&Tag {
-	return if name in dom.all_attributes { dom.all_attributes[name] } else { []&Tag{} }
-}
-
-// get_root returns the root of the document.
-pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_root() &Tag {
-	return dom.root
-}
-
-// get_tags returns all of the tags stored in the document.
-pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tags() []&Tag {
-	return dom.all_tags
-}
-
-// get_tags_by_class_name retrieves all the tags recursively in the document that has the given class name(s).
-pub fn (dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tags_by_class_name(names ...string) []&Tag {
-	return dom.root.get_tags_by_class_name(...names)
+// get_tag_by_attribute_value retrieves all tags in the document that have the given attribute name and value.
+[deprecated: 'use get_tags_by_attribute_value instead']
+pub fn (mut dom DocumentObjectModel) get_tag_by_attribute_value(name string, value string) []&Tag {
+	location := dom.where_is(value, name)
+	return if dom.tag_attributes[name].len > location {
+		dom.tag_attributes[name][location]
+	} else {
+		[]&Tag{}
+	}
 }

vlib/net/html/dom_test.v

@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ fn generate_temp_html() string {
 
 fn test_search_by_tag_type() {
 	dom := parse(generate_temp_html())
-	assert dom.get_tag('div').len == 4
-	assert dom.get_tag('head').len == 1
-	assert dom.get_tag('body').len == 1
+	assert dom.get_tags(name: 'div').len == 4
+	assert dom.get_tags(name: 'head').len == 1
+	assert dom.get_tags(name: 'body').len == 1
 }
 
 fn test_search_by_attribute_value() {
 	mut dom := parse(generate_temp_html())
 	// println(temp_html)
 	print('Amount ')
-	println(dom.get_tag_by_attribute_value('id', 'name_0'))
-	assert dom.get_tag_by_attribute_value('id', 'name_0').len == 1
+	println(dom.get_tags_by_attribute_value('id', 'name_0'))
+	assert dom.get_tags_by_attribute_value('id', 'name_0').len == 1
 }
 
 fn test_access_parent() {
 	mut dom := parse(generate_temp_html())
-	div_tags := dom.get_tag('div')
+	div_tags := dom.get_tags(name: 'div')
 	parent := div_tags[0].parent
 	assert unsafe { parent != 0 }
 	for div_tag in div_tags {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fn test_access_parent() {
 
 fn test_search_by_attributes() {
 	dom := parse(generate_temp_html())
-	assert dom.get_tag_by_attribute('id').len == 4
+	assert dom.get_tags_by_attribute('id').len == 4
 }
 
 fn test_tags_used() {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fn test_tags_used() {
 
 fn test_access_tag_fields() {
 	dom := parse(generate_temp_html())
-	id_tags := dom.get_tag_by_attribute('id')
+	id_tags := dom.get_tags_by_attribute('id')
 	assert id_tags[0].name == 'div'
 	assert id_tags[1].attributes['class'] == 'several-1'
 }

vlib/net/html/tag.v

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pub fn (tag &Tag) get_tag(name string) ?&Tag {
 	return none
 }
 
-// get_tags retrieves all the child tags recursively in the tag that has the given tag name.
+// get_tags retrieves all child tags recursively in the tag that have the given tag name.
 pub fn (tag &Tag) get_tags(name string) []&Tag {
 	mut res := []&Tag{}
 	for child in tag.children {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pub fn (tag &Tag) get_tag_by_attribute(name string) ?&Tag {
 	return none
 }
 
-// get_tags_by_attribute retrieves all the child tags recursively in the tag that has the given attribute name.
+// get_tags_by_attribute retrieves all child tags recursively in the tag that have the given attribute name.
 pub fn (tag &Tag) get_tags_by_attribute(name string) []&Tag {
 	mut res := []&Tag{}
 	for child in tag.children {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ pub fn (tag &Tag) get_tag_by_attribute_value(name string, value string) ?&Tag {
 	return none
 }
 
-// get_tags_by_attribute_value retrieves all the child tags recursively in the tag that has the given attribute name and value.
+// get_tags_by_attribute_value retrieves all child tags recursively in the tag that have the given attribute name and value.
 pub fn (tag &Tag) get_tags_by_attribute_value(name string, value string) []&Tag {
 	mut res := []&Tag{}
 	for child in tag.children {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ pub fn (tag &Tag) get_tag_by_class_name(names ...string) ?&Tag {
 	return none
 }
 
-// get_tags_by_class_name retrieves all the child tags recursively in the tag that has the given class name(s).
+// get_tags_by_class_name retrieves all child tags recursively in the tag that have the given class name(s).
 pub fn (tag &Tag) get_tags_by_class_name(names ...string) []&Tag {
 	mut res := []&Tag{}
 	for child in tag.children {