Help for a beginning scraper?
I have something I need to scrape like this:
I'm trying to get an extractor to match the options in the first select statement (though later, I'll need to match the second one - the second is populated based on the selection in the first). Ii then need to set up a sub-extractor to get the Value and Text out of each option.
If I do
<option ~@DATARECORD@~</option>
I get all the options, including the ones I don't want.
If I try
<select name="whatIWant">~@DATARECORD@~</select>
and then set up sub-extractors like
<option Value="~@DATA_ID@~"
I only get the first option value.
Is there an easy way to do what I'm trying to do?
Thanks!
Adam
Help for a beginning scraper?
Hi Adam,
You're definitely on track, but the key here is to use the scrapeableFile.extractData method ([url]http://www.screen-scraper.com/support/docs/api_documentation.php#extractData[/url]). Once you've extracted the list of options for the drop-down you want, you would then apply a pattern in a script to just those option items.
Just let me know if I can clarify anything on that.
Kind regards,
Todd Wilson