diff --git a/parsel/selector.py b/parsel/selector.py
index 7b8a5552..cc365265 100644
--- a/parsel/selector.py
+++ b/parsel/selector.py
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ def extract_first(self, default=None):
return default
get = extract_first
+ @property
+ def attrib(self):
+ """Return the attributes dictionary for the first element.
+ If the list is empty, return an empty dict.
+ """
+ for x in self:
+ return x.attrib
+ else:
+ return {}
+
class Selector(object):
"""
@@ -330,6 +340,12 @@ def remove_namespaces(self):
# remove namespace declarations
etree.cleanup_namespaces(self.root)
+ @property
+ def attrib(self):
+ """Return the attributes dictionary for underlying element.
+ """
+ return dict(self.root.attrib)
+
def __bool__(self):
"""
Return ``True`` if there is any real content selected or ``False``
diff --git a/tests/test_selector.py b/tests/test_selector.py
index 3ccc0c47..c5926a72 100644
--- a/tests/test_selector.py
+++ b/tests/test_selector.py
@@ -101,6 +101,34 @@ def test_simple_selection_with_variables_escape_friendly(self):
lng=lt)],
[u'a'])
+ def test_accessing_attributes(self):
+ body = u"""
+
+
+
+
+
+ """
+ sel = self.sscls(text=body)
+ self.assertEquals({'lang': 'en', 'version': '1.0'}, sel.attrib)
+ self.assertEquals({'id': 'some-list', 'class': 'list-cls'}, sel.css('ul')[0].attrib)
+
+ # for a SelectorList, bring the attributes of first-element only
+ self.assertEquals({'id': 'some-list', 'class': 'list-cls'}, sel.css('ul').attrib)
+ self.assertEquals({'class': 'item-cls', 'id': 'list-item-1'}, sel.css('li').attrib)
+ self.assertEquals({}, sel.css('body').attrib)
+ self.assertEquals({}, sel.css('non-existing-element').attrib)
+
+ self.assertEquals(
+ [{'class': 'item-cls', 'id': 'list-item-1'},
+ {'class': 'item-cls active', 'id': 'list-item-2'},
+ {'class': 'item-cls', 'id': 'list-item-3'}],
+ [e.attrib for e in sel.css('li')])
+
def test_representation_slice(self):
body = u"".format(50 * 'b')
sel = self.sscls(text=body)