Exploring SAHI- Data Extraction

NJ

Hi Narayan,

I am a quite new to SAHI. I am basically evaluating it as an option for browser automation. I am trying to extract search result figures (see source code below i.e. 1027 results). I managed to work out using data driven testing to search for results from a CSV files as well as writing it to an out file. But the data extraction bit seem the trickiest.

Is there a way to get SAHI to get text by simply clicking of the location while recording? (I do apologise if the question sounds silly.)

Also, if you are interested, I can help you better market Sahi(based on your wants/expectations). I already have a number of suggestions in mind and that is anyway my area of expertise. Please do mail me if you are interested. I would love to help you out.

Cheers,
NJ

Selection Source

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<div class="tabs"> <a href="/search.htm?st1=Global%20Warming&nolog=72091&ct=stp&PHPSESSID=fqj9o4l5haftoquluun4qcu616" title="Search Site Pages.">Site Pages</a> </div>
</div> <p><strong>1027 results found for:</strong> Content = Journals, (<em>Global Warming</em> in All fields)</p>

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NJ

Can anyone please help me out?

Thanks

narayan

Hi NJ,

Yeah data extraction can be tricky. Here is how you can do it here:

// There is no id on the element containing your text.
// use a regular expression to identify the element and then get its text.
var $resultsText; 
_set($resultsText, _getText(_strong("/results found for/")));
// Now $resultsText is "1027 results found for:".
// We need to get the first number out. We can substring it till the first space
var $resultsCountStr = $resultsText.substring(0, $resultsText.indexOf(" "));
_alert($resultsCountStr);
// $resultsCountStr is now "1027". 
// If you want to get the integer from string, use parseInt
var $resultsCount = parseInt($resultsCountStr);
_alert($resultsCount);

Regards,
Narayan