Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!feeder.news-service.com!94.75.214.39.MISMATCH!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: JavaScript and Screenscraping Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:00:27 -0700 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: RCd/Ul4tyxGUBII8WGwa5g.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:2714 On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:39:32 +0100, Dr J R Stockton 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