Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dr J R Stockton Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:39:32 +0100 Organization: Home Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: JfH6RRPWQh8XzArFI0xgxA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Turnpike/6.05-S (<9p+ExVB4csscGD9uOy1bCX590Y>) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:2701 In comp.lang.java.programmer message , Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:51:29, Roedy Green 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? -- (c) John Stockton, nr London UK. ?@merlyn.demon.co.uk IE8 FF3 Op10 Sf5 Cr7 news:comp.lang.javascript FAQ . jscr maths, dates, sources. TP/BP/Delphi/jscr/&c, FAQ items, links.