Using EdgeBrowser

[Clément 148]

Hi,

 

Is it possible to scan the content, downloaded using Edge Browse, for a specific text?
I don't want to inject or alter anything. Just scan the page for a specific text.

Can this be done with edgeBrowser? Is there a sample?

 

TIA,

Clément

[David Schwartz 426]

This could be as simple as doing a basic HTTP GET request for the html page. But if there's any javascript in it that generates content, then you need to have it loaded into the browser's DOM and search that, which can be quite a PITA. Similar effort in whatever browser you're using.

 

If you want an example of how convoluted it can be, issue a simple query to Google and see what you get back. You'll see very little HTML code that's visible in the browser, and the stuff in the browser is generated in a variety of different ways, making it really hard to reconstruct what actually appears on the browser's screen. Google has raised the art of obfuscation to another level!

Edited March 15, 2023 by David Schwartz

[FPiette 383]

8 hours ago, Clément said:

Is it possible to scan the content, downloaded using Edge Browse, for a specific text?
I don't want to inject or alter anything. Just scan the page for a specific text.

Can this be done with edgeBrowser? Is there a sample? 

Yes, there is: https://blogs.embarcadero.com/execute-scripts-and-view-source-with-tedgebrowser/ Look at subtitle "View The Source".

[Clément 148]

10 hours ago, FPiette said:

Yes, there is: https://blogs.embarcadero.com/execute-scripts-and-view-source-with-tedgebrowser/ Look at subtitle "View The Source".

Yeap! That did the trick.

 

Thank you