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Re: Parsing web pages
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Re: Parsing web pages


  • Subject: Re: Parsing web pages
  • From: "S. J. Cunningham" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:54:28 -0500

On Nov 2, 2015, at 1:05 AM, DaveC wrote:

> I want to collect some text (either in text format or screenshot) of web pages on one web site. The data (addresses) are in the same location on all pages so can be reliably scanned.
>
> I’d like to input this data into a spreadsheet, preferably into specific fields of an existing sheet.
>
> How much of this is do-able via Applescript? What other means can one use to automate this?
>
> Any and all suggestions are welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

I use iMacros.  It's a lot easier than parsing the page yourself, it's a free add on for your browser, and you can call it with applescript and exchange data via the clipboard.

Steve
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OS X 10.6.8, AppleScript 2.1.2


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