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Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping

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In comp.lang.java.programmer message <rvc6p6toumdlevjb48ohjnlf1gur128eqe
@4ax.com>, Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:51:29, Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.
com.invalid> posted:

>I wondered if there exists a tool that is like browser in that it will
>read a page and render the JavaScript, but unlike a browser, it would
>not show the information on the screen, just dump the generated HTML
>or raw text and accept a script of pages to analyse.

A JavaScript newsgroup might know.

But JavaScript used as you describe does not necessarily generate HTML,
but can manipulate the DOM tree directly.

Or are you thinking of server-side scripting with .php?

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JavaScript and Screenscraping Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-03-30 06:51 -0700
  Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping Michal Kleczek <kleku75@gmail.com> - 2011-03-30 16:27 +0200
    Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-03-31 00:28 +0100
  Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-03-30 07:40 -0700
    Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-03-30 18:27 -0700
  Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping Dr J R Stockton <reply1113@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-04-01 23:39 +0100
    Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-04-01 20:00 -0700
      Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping Dr J R Stockton <reply1113@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-04-03 17:27 +0100
  Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2011-04-05 17:15 +0100

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