Read and parse the content of web browser box

Question

as a part of a larger customized JMP application, I have a JMP script that opens a window with a web browser box that calls an interactive website.

After a few user clicks and the submission of a Form, the resulting (dynamic) webpage is loaded and the needed data are available. (there is no AJAX or similar so the plain HTML of the webpage contains all i need) but unfortunately i cannotot find a way to read and parse the HTML of the "current web browser content".

I cannot work around it with the "open function" as i cannot access the results webpage directly with a URL. The right page is loaded only after a form is submitted with POST method and a file uploaded on the server via the original webpage form.

I have no control over customizing this server application and i need to work parsing the final HTML.

At the moment i display the results in the web browser but I need to do further actions in JMP afterwards.

If not directly fiddling around with HTML i would like at the minimum to create a Journal or something that allow me to use the web browser content in a larger report that can store results in a JMP readable format without the need to re-execute the server routine

Thanks

msharp · Answer

If the website is using a HTTP GET or HTTP REQUEST you could just append the information at the end of the URL for example: URL?name1=value1&name2=value2

​This method is way easier but I'm assuming this isn't the case b/c you directly said it was a HTTP POST.  Using JMP you're going to need to use the socket functions. Something like:

tCall << connect( "URL", "80" );  //Open connection, 80 is socket and URL is self-explanatory

tCall << Send( Char To Blob( "POST / HTTP/1.0~0d~0a~0d~0a", "ASCII~HEX" ) ); //what you send

tMessage = tCall << Recv( 1000 ); //what you get back

text = Blob To Char( tMessage[3] ); //parse

Show( text );

tCall << Close( ); //close connection

Without more information this is the most I can help you with.  Using these commands can get muddy, but you can use the Scripting Guide section "Using Sockets in JSL" for more information.

peri_a · Answer

msharp, Thanks for your answer, would you know a way JMP can send an HTTP request in POST with an attached file into it without the browser box?

If so how it stores the server response?

msharp · Answer

I've had similar issues.  From what I can tell the web browser box is really more for display than for interaction.

JMP has capabilities to interact with the web, I'd suggest creating a JMP GUI that's identical to what the user would see on the web.  Use the information to create a text file or something that you can then use to do what you need to do.