Groups > comp.lang.java.programmer > #2714

Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping

From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping
Date	2011-04-01 20:00 -0700
Organization	Canadian Mind Products
Message-ID	<t64dp61er3n5cbkpuippmpji0dlaijbsnm@4ax.com> (permalink)
References	<rvc6p6toumdlevjb48ohjnlf1gur128eqe@4ax.com> <AwQpTOIkQllNFw1B@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid>

Show all headers | View raw

On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:39:32 +0100, Dr J R Stockton
<reply1113@merlyn.demon.co.uk> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>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?

I am just trying to go to motherboard manufacturer websites and
collect specs from the webpages. The webpages often contain a lot of
Javascript.  The data does not appear in any form. Presumably the Java
script loads more Java script or resources then formats it.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
Doing what the user expects with respect to navigation is absurdly important for user satisfaction.
~ anonymous Google Android developer

Back to comp.lang.java.programmer | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

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

csiph-web