Embedded Parameters In URL

Just as with parameters passed to the scrapeable file, you can also use the ~#varname#~ syntax in the URL field as well. This would make your url look like this:


http://www.company.com/info/0,,12345~~#PAGE#~,00.html


One thing to note, though: When variables are used in the parameters tab, screen-scraper will automatically do all the URI-encoding. When you use variables in the URL, it will not. Simply put, a non-alphanumeric character will work in a parameter, but in the URL, it will most commonly cause an "input/output" error in the screen-scraper log.

Since you're using just a number, you likely won't run into this issue. But just know that if there is any chance a non-letter/number character is in the variable, you need to turn it into its hex equivalent (ie, a space turns into "%20").

Tim