Parsing data retrieved with http.getPageData()

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Hi,

did anybody try to isolate a certain portion of html text imported into a field using plugin.http.getPageData()?

Is it a good idea to use a “filemaker” method (using Middle and Position funtions to locate the beginning and set the lenght of the text you want to parse) or is there a better way to do that task?

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Riccardino:
Hi,

did anybody try to isolate a certain portion of html text imported into a field using plugin.http.getPageData()?

Is it a good idea to use a “filemaker” method (using Middle and Position funtions to locate the beginning and set the lenght of the text you want to parse) or is there a better way to do that task?

Check Servoy Magazine later this week – I’m currently finishing up an article with sample files that includes parsing html files. The two functions I use are:

var pos_next = html_string.search(regex expression);
html_string = utils.stringMiddle(html_string, pos_next, html_string_length);

If you are parsing an html table, the pseudo code to add each row as a new record and each column as a field is:

loop through each row
new record
__remove leading
__loop through each cell
____remove leading
____field = cell
____remove trailing
__end loop
__remove trailing
end loop

  • david
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david:
Check Servoy Magazine later this week – I’m currently finishing up an article with sample files that includes parsing html files. The two functions I use are:

var pos_next = html_string.search(regex expression);
html_string = utils.stringMiddle(html_string, pos_next, html_string_length);

If you are parsing an html table, the pseudo code to add each row as a new record and each column as a field is:

loop through each row
new record
__remove leading
__loop through each cell
____remove leading
____field = cell
____remove trailing
__end loop
__remove trailing
end loop

  • david

Wow! Great: It’s a very powerful feature and I’m very curious about it.
:-)))

Thanks

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“Later this week” turned into “later next month.” Sorry for the delay. There is an article now posted at Servoy Magazine entitled: “Servoy to FileMaker and Back” which has a healthy html string parsing routine in it.

http://www.servoymagazine.com/

Cheers - david

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david:
“Later this week” turned into “later next month.” Sorry for the delay. There is an article now posted at Servoy Magazine entitled: “Servoy to FileMaker and Back” which has a healthy html string parsing routine in it.

http://www.servoymagazine.com/

Cheers - david

Excellent job.

Bravo :D