Getting text from a web page and using it

javierin79

Hi,

Would it be possible to grab some text, which is the content of a certain <div id="whatever">? How can this text be used later?

Lets say I have this html:

Text that never changes <div id="hereComesWhatiNeed">
              <span class="primary_value">
                    The Text I Need</span>
                </div>

I would need to use that "The Text I Need" string to force a popup window to have such title (for instance) I don't really have a clue of how to grab that text and use it later. My goal is to click on a link and associate the content of that popup with the text "The text i need".

And for bonus points... Has anybody automated printing? I need to print that page that pops up to a pdf printer, and I don't know even if that can be done with sahi.

Best regards,
Javier

narayan

$txt = "";
_set($txt, _getText(_byId("hereComesWhatiNeed")));
// Use $txt the way you want.

javierin79

Thanks a lot.

Would it be possible to set this as a global windows variable, environment or something so other programs can access the text contained in $txt?

narayan

You could use _execute to pass the string as a parameter to a batch file, which will then do the necessary stuff. Or you could write it to a file using _debugToFile and then read it from your other program.