I meant to ask if you are accessing the HTTP or using WebKit's DOM API to get at the pages content? Basically how are using using WebView to access the data you need. -Shawn
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Shawn Erickson <shaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:12 PM, jon <trambl...@mac.com> wrote: > >> I take the info off the website, "data" if you like... data that >> changes or could change at any given time, every second even.... and >> process it, and trigger an event if the data is to my liking. >> >> how would i get the data off a website, formated in the only way i know >> it? which is how it is displayed on the website, html formated, (i don't >> control the website). is there a better process? > > > WebView is primarily about displaying a webpage. It sounds like you aren't > using it for that. So likely no need to pay for the extra overhead, etc. > > It sounds like you need to get at the HTTP content itself and pull data out > of that, right? If all you need is the HTTP content you can drop down to > things like Foundation's URL Loading System [1], maybe drop down lower to > CFNetwork [2], or use something like libcurl (as Greg suggested, possibly > the better suggestion depending on your exact needs). > > Also make sure to understand the standard HTTP caching so you can avoid > unneeded data loads (note Mac OS X provided HTTP API honor this scheme, so > you likely don't have to do any work of your own). > > http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec13.html > > -Shawn > > [1] < > http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/URLLoadingSystem/URLLoadingSystem.html > > > [2] < > http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/CFNetworkHTTPDownload/index.html > > > [3] < > http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/libcurl.3.html > > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
