Grabbing site-content using javascript - Grabbing site-content using javascript
I'm trying to write a script that would allow me to grab the content off of a site via the source code and store it into a variable.
The content I'm grabbing is text and small in memory size.
I tried the "view-source: url" code but kept getting errors.
Thanks in advance.
petrole posted this at 23:48 — 18th May 1999.
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Well, because I'm trying to get some news articles,(which I've gotten legal consent to do so), and then reformat it into a layout that I specify.
ie. Headline, date, author, body.
I've seen it done, but they haven't returned my requests on how they did it. I don't know if they did it cgi, scripting, or what.
John Pollock posted this at 02:56 — 19th May 1999.
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I don't think you can pull it straight off the page, but you can pull text from a text box inside a form.
var x=document.form_name.box_name.value;
You might also take a look at:
http://www.wsabstract.com
for some advanced javascript articles.
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Java Script: A Beginner's Guide
Page Resource
Anonymous posted this at 03:58 — 19th May 1999.
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just to be curious:
why???
anti posted this at 20:56 — 19th May 1999.
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hi,
i don't think you can grab the content via javascript. js shouldn't be able to connect to any site.
in perl it would be very easy:
I'll post a (very) small demo to the perl/cgi forum.
ciao
anti
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