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Scrape dynamically generated hyperlinks [message #179682]

Sat, 17 November 2012 19:46

student4lifer
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Could someone let me know if it is possible to scrape dynamically generated hyperlinks like those from the following site:

https://fox.taleo.net/careersection/fox_external_career_section/jobsearch.f tl?

TIA.

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Re: Scrape dynamically generated hyperlinks [message #179684 is a reply to message #179682]

Sat, 17 November 2012 22:05

Jerry Stuckle
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On 11/17/2012 2:46 PM, student4lifer wrote:
> Could someone let me know if it is possible to scrape dynamically generated hyperlinks like those from the following site:
>
> https://fox.taleo.net/careersection/fox_external_career_section/jobsearch.f tl?
>
>
> TIA.
>
>
It's always possible - the browser does it all the time. All you need
to do is load the iframe(s), parse and execute the javascript and make
the appropriate calls back to the server based on the parameters you wish.

Now if you want to ask "Is it practical?", that's another story.

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RE: Scrape dynamically generated hyperlinks [message #179685 is a reply to message #179682]

Sun, 18 November 2012 00:03

student4lifer
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Thanks for your reply, Jerry. I tried to isolate a single hyperlink (from the parsed page with all its javasript) but clicking on it brought back the whole 'generic' starting page with many other hyperlinks as well. Only then, clicking on any of the hyperlinks truly brought back the detail record. Is it possible to manipulate/isolate the parsed page so that clicking on the hyperlink only once would return the detail record? Thanks again.

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Re: Scrape dynamically generated hyperlinks [message #179686 is a reply to message #179685]

Sun, 18 November 2012 00:36

Jerry Stuckle
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On 11/17/2012 7:03 PM, student4lifer wrote:
> Thanks for your reply, Jerry. I tried to isolate a single hyperlink (from the parsed page with all its javasript) but clicking on it brought back the whole 'generic' starting page with many other hyperlinks as well. Only then, clicking on any of the hyperlinks truly brought back the detail record. Is it possible to manipulate/isolate the parsed page so that clicking on the hyperlink only once would return the detail record? Thanks again.
>
>

It doesn't look like that option is available on the first page. But
then I haven't gone through all the html and javascript, either.

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Re: Scrape dynamically generated hyperlinks [message #179690 is a reply to message #179682]

Sun, 18 November 2012 04:23

Thomas 'PointedEars'
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student4lifer wrote:

> Could someone let me know if it is possible to scrape dynamically
> generated hyperlinks like those from the following site:
>
>
https://fox.taleo.net/careersection/fox_external_career_section/jobsearch.f tl?

It is possible. You need an ECMAScript-capable browser emulation written in
PHP. Good luck.

PointedEars
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-- Richard Cornford, cljs, <cife6q$253$1$8300dec7(at)news(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk> (2004)

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