Can this handle multi level/multi record situations
Basically the page, contains a set of items, but within each item, there could be a list of locations, or possibly not.
I DO have some very elaborate scrapes done, and just don't seem to see an easy way to gather this type of data from a scrape.
Is it as simple as two patterns, using session variables, and in the second tier of data, using some data from first tier. Thanks.
Can this handle multi level/multi record situations
I think you've got the idea. It does get a bit trickier doing that in scripts, so go ahead and post or drop us a support request if you run into trouble.
Good luck,
Todd
Can this handle multi level/multi record situations
Just taking a quick stab here.
extract the 'second level of data' as a great big chunk of stuff.
Then call extractData on it that should bring bad a DataSet, ok, I'll try it out.
If I get this working, you have a new customer for sure. So far finding this to be a pretty decent framework you have in place.
Can this handle multi level/multi record situations
Hi,
This type of situation isn't too uncommon, and we created a few methods specifically to address it. You'll want to take a look at these:
http://www.screen-scraper.com/support/docs/api_documentation.php#extractData
http://www.screen-scraper.com/support/docs/api_documentation.php#extractOneValue
The basic approach is to extract out the outer records you want, then, within scripts, extract out the inner contents.
Hopefully that helps enough to get the ball rolling. Feel free to post a reply if we can help further.
Kind regards,
Todd Wilson