Re: Downloading .csv file via Javascript link
Re: Downloading .csv file via Javascript link
- Subject: Re: Downloading .csv file via Javascript link
- From: Sander Tekelenburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:52:31 +0100
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At 18:37 +1100 UTC, on 07-12-2001, Andrew Duncan wrote:
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Hi - I'm trying to AppleScript Netscape Navigator v4.7 on Mac OS 9.1 to
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download a file from a website, or alternatively use the URL Access
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Scripting to do this. The site in question requires a password to be
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entered into a field on the web page and then you can click a Javascript
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link which generates a .csv file that is downloaded.
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I can't use Internet Explorer as it just opens the .csv file in the browser
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window; Netscape however just downloads the file immediately.
Explorer is broken. It ignores MIME types. Instead, it only considers the
filename's extension.
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I'm not sure
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if URL Access Scripting can do what I want - this would be my preferred
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method if possible. Does anybody know whether URL Access Scripting can
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download a file that is linked via Javascript?
I would imagine it depends on what exactly the javascript does. If it boils
down to submitting a form, then it should be possible to construct the URL
that the javascript generates and use URLAccess to send that to the server.
(But I don't see why anyone would use javascript to submit a simple form.)
If the javascript does things not possible in AS, it may be necessary to run
it. In that case there would seem to be 2 options:
1) Explorer allows you to execute javascript through AppleScript (do script
"javascript goes here")
2) Javascript OSA may be useful (I have no experience with it). See
<
http://www.latenightsw.com/freeware/JavaScriptOSA/>.
HTH
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