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JavaScript

Posted by Arnold Zhulali
Arnold Zhulali
3,526 Points

Getting info from a seach result?

Hi! I am in a website and I want to get some info. So I search for something and it show 908 results. I want to get the info for all results, meaning when I click in 1 of the results it opens and show something I want to get that result. Is there a wat to do it with javascript? Here is the link: http://www.odcec.mi.it/Ricerca_Iscritto.aspx?t=i&c&n&ct&pr&ca=20121&dn&di&tl=Albo&sz=A

2 Answers

Ryan Chatterton
Ryan Chatterton
5,914 Points
Ryan Chatterton
Ryan Chatterton
5,914 Points

So you are trying to build a bot that will submit a search form and read the results?

Arnold Zhulali
Arnold Zhulali
3,526 Points

Yes

Ryan Chatterton
Ryan Chatterton
5,914 Points
Ryan Chatterton
Ryan Chatterton
5,914 Points

Well to answer your question, its possible with javascript. If they have a captcha you will have a hard time. I would look at CasperJs / PhantomJs.