---
id: cssselect
version: "1.5.0"
license: BSD-3-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# cssselect — cssselect parses CSS3 Selectors and translates them to XPath 1.0

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install cssselect
uv add cssselect
poetry add cssselect

## Description

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cssselect: CSS Selectors for Python
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**cssselect** is a BSD-licensed Python library to parse `CSS3 selectors`_ and
translate them to `XPath 1.0`_ expressions.

`XPath 1.0`_ expressions can be used in lxml_ or another XPath engine to find
the matching elements in an XML or HTML document.

Find the cssselect online documentation at https://cssselect.readthedocs.io.

Quick facts:

* Source, issues and pull requests `on GitHub
  <https://github.com/scrapy/cssselect>`_
* Releases...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

cssselect parses CSS3 selectors and translates them to XPath 1.0 expressions, enabling you to find matching elements in XML or HTML documents using familiar CSS selector syntax.

Verdict: cssselect is a lightweight, well-maintained library with zero dependencies and no known vulnerabilities. Its permissive BSD-3-Clause license and active development make it a reliable choice for converting CSS selectors to XPath in web scraping or XML processing workflows.

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