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[WD27] - Get the Text from a Web Page

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JP
[WD27] - Get the Text from a Web Page
February 01, 2023 11:01AM
WinDev 27

Is there a function to retrieve the text from a web page? In other words, I have the URL of a web page and I want to extract the main text from that page. Is that possible?

Thanks
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Peter M
Re: [WD27] - Get the Text from a Web Page
February 01, 2023 01:00PM
URLExtractPath is your friend

Peter
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JP
Re: [WD27] - Get the Text from a Web Page
February 01, 2023 02:32PM
Peter,

I dont see how URLExtractPath can retrieve for me the text of a web page? I'm looking to get the main body text of a web page.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2023 02:36PM by JP.
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pao
Re: [WD27] - Get the Text from a Web Page
February 01, 2023 04:13PM
Did you try with httpResponse?
[doc.windev.com]

Regards

Paulo Oliveira
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SteveSitas
Re: [WD27] - Get the Text from a Web Page
February 01, 2023 04:50PM
Hi JP,
you can try this: [help.windev.com]
but you will must have v26 or newer

Regards
Steven Sitas
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Argus
Re: [WD27] - Get the Text from a Web Page
February 02, 2023 07:35AM
httprequest to get to the page (see help)
once you have the whole html page, use htmltotext to retrieve the text
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JP
Re: [WD27] - Get the Text from a Web Page
February 02, 2023 08:38AM
Thanks Everyone for your suggestions. I am busy testing and experimenting with them now smiling smiley
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