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decodeURL

DecodedImage decodeURL ( String url )

Description

Converts the image at the given URL to a DecodedImage that will handle it. Temporarily saves the file in the screen-scraper root folder, but deletes it once it has been decoded. By default, this will use the scraping session's HttpClient to request the URL.

Parameters

  • url The url to the image

Return Value

A DecodedImage used to get the text, errors, and possibly report a result as bad.

Change Log

Version Description
5.5.29a Available in all editions.

Examples

DecodedImage image = decoder.decodeURL(dataRecord.get("IMAGE_URL"));

mikes on 11/21/2011 at 4:07 pm