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Fix CSS selectors to reflect latest changes in substack layout #41

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions substack_scraper.py
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Expand Up @@ -261,12 +261,12 @@ def extract_post_data(self, soup: BeautifulSoup) -> Tuple[str, str, str, str, st
title = title_element.text.strip() if title_element else "Untitled"

# Subtitle
subtitle_element = soup.select_one("h3.subtitle")
subtitle_element = soup.select_one("h3.subtitle, div.subtitle-HEEcLo")
subtitle = subtitle_element.text.strip() if subtitle_element else ""

# Date — try CSS selector first
date = ""
date_element = soup.select_one("div.pencraft.pc-reset.color-pub-secondary-text-hGQ02T")
date_element = soup.select_one("div.meta-EgzBVA")
if date_element and date_element.text.strip():
date = date_element.text.strip()

Expand All @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def extract_post_data(self, soup: BeautifulSoup) -> Tuple[str, str, str, str, st
date = "Date not found"

# Like count
like_count_element = soup.select_one("a.post-ufi-button .label")
like_count_element = soup.select_one('div.like-button-container button div.label')
like_count = (
like_count_element.text.strip()
if like_count_element and like_count_element.text.strip().isdigit()
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