Re: Way to pass GetURL data into a variable?
Re: Way to pass GetURL data into a variable?
- Subject: Re: Way to pass GetURL data into a variable?
- From: J J <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 02:00:24 -0700 (PDT)
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Has anyone written a script that pulls web-page data
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into a variable using
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the GetURL OSAX command that they could share?
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Even if one has to download
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to file first, and then read it into a variable,
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that's fine - - - the data I
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have to read is small.
Hi!
Using getURL (or "open location" -> <<event
GURLGURL>>) with simple osaxen, you can't retrieve
data, only open a URL in your pre-defined
browser-mail-news-client...
You need some app to do this, such as URL Access
Scripting or a browser.
A quick sample, a search with Google:
tell application "URL Access Scripting"
activate
download
"
http://www.google.com/search?q=applescript+mac"; to
(choose file name) replacing yes with progress
end tell
set thedata to (read result)
--> this should return the results for a query at
Google, then you parse the HTML and extract your
desired info...
Bye!
JJ
* Works under 9.2.2, AS 1.8.2b3
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