So, the trick here would be to throw all of the code into iframe and define it as text/html and then parse it? Guess I think I got it right.
Tommi Rautava wrote: > The problem is that you cannot parse HTML with XML parser. I struggled > with the same problem some time ago and the best solution I have found > so far is the HTML parser example made by Aaron Boodman (the original > author of Greasemonkey): > http://youngpup.net/userscripts/htmlparserexample.user.js > > br, Tom > > 2007/8/7, Foreningen Selvet - Jesper Staun Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hello. >> >> >> I am having some trouble using element.evaluate(properties) with >> documents fetched with XMLHttpRequest, so I am looking for a method to >> do the same as this: >> >> //***** >> var roundinfo = { >> runde : "56", >> heroesid : null, >> heroesnick : null >> } >> >> var path = '//table/tbody/tr/td'; >> var obj = document.evaluate(path,document,null, >> XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null); >> for (var k = 0; k < obj.snapshotLength; k++) { >> obj2 = obj.snapshotItem(k).parentNode; >> var nodes = obj2.childNodes; >> >> dump("Found keys: "+nodes.length+"\n"); >> var menu = nodes[0].textContent.trim().split("#"); >> roundinfo.heroesnick = menu[0].trim(); >> roundinfo.heroesid = menu[1].trim(); >> dump("Nick is: "+roundinfo.heroesnick+"\n"); >> dump("ID is: "+roundinfo.heroesid+"\n\n"); >> } >> //***** >> >> And the document contains this: >> >> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> >> <html> >> <head> >> <title></title> >> </head> >> <body> >> <table> >> <tr> >> <td colspan="3"><font face="arial" size="1" >> color="DarkTurquoise">Axe Decapitators #130303</font></td> >> </tr> >> >> >> </table> >> </body> >> </html> >> >> And the dump would be >> >> Nick is: Axe Decapitators >> ID is: 130303 >> >> And I tried some things to make it with XMLHttpRequest: >> //******* Attemp: >> var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); >> req.overrideMimeType('text/html'); >> req.open('GET', >> 'http://www.URL_TO_FETCH_CONTAINING_THE_ABOVE_CODE.dk', true); >> req.onreadystatechange = function () { >> if (req.readyState == 4) { >> if(req.status != 404) { >> var path = '//table/tbody/tr/td/font'; >> var domParser = new DOMParser(); >> var dom = domParser.parseFromString(req.responseText, >> "text/xml").documentElement; >> >> var obj = >> dom.evaluate(path,dom,null,XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null); >> for (var k = 0; k < obj.snapshotLength; k++) { >> obj2 = obj.snapshotItem(k).parentNode; >> var nodes = obj2.childNodes; >> >> dump("Found keys: "+nodes.length+"\n"); >> var menu = nodes[0].textContent.trim().split("#"); >> roundinfo.heroesnick = menu[0].trim(); >> roundinfo.heroesid = menu[1].trim(); >> dump("Nick is: "+roundinfo.heroesnick+"\n"); >> dump("ID is: "+roundinfo.heroesid+"\n\n"); >> } >> } >> else >> dump("Error loading page with status"+ reg.status +"\n"); >> } >> }; >> req.send(null); >> >> >> But this only results in this: >> Error: syntax error >> Source File: chrome://browser/content/browser.xul >> Line: 1, Column: 62 >> Source Code: >> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 >> Transitional//EN">-------------------------------------------------------------^ >> >> Any tips on how to do this "right"? >> >> >> >> My regards. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Project_owners mailing list >> Project_owners@mozdev.org >> http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Project_owners mailing list > Project_owners@mozdev.org > http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners > > > _______________________________________________ Project_owners mailing list Project_owners@mozdev.org http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners
