Save Image From Webpage Without Re-Requesting Image

[gruntydatsun]

OK.

I need to save a copy of an image from a webpage. I cannot re-request the image or inetget it as the image changes every time.

I need to get a copy of the image as it appears on this webpage, from this load.

I can manually right click the image with the mouse and save locally and that works.

Is there a way to get _IEImgClick to perform a right click so I can access the context menu? should I just ry to save the page out to a file and strip it out of there?

I thought this bit was going to be the easy part of the script but it's kicking my butt.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[EKY32]

if the image has a special name in the <img> code in the page you can get the link of it using _StringBetween or something else then use InetGet to download the image.

[JohnOne]

The OP cannot use InetGet, "as the image changes every time."

Imagine if it were an image like a capcha or something, it would change with each

attempt to download it. So I think it might be something similar.

(I'm not suggesting it is actually a capcha)

[FireFox]

then use InetGet to download the image.

He said that the image changes for every request

[EKY32]

He said that the image changes for every request

I know that, and I told him to get the link of the image from the HTML code in the page.

[JohnOne]

I know that, and I told him to get the link of the image from the HTML code in the page.

And then went on to suggest InetGet be used.

[gruntydatsun]

Sure a picture on the currently loaded instance of a webpage must exist on the hard drive or in ram somewhere. I don't need code, just some strategy on how to get at this file.

Any help appreciated.

[JohnOne]

Yes, in your internet cache, good look finding it though, they usually just have random names and no extension.

[DaleHohm]

There have been many discussions of this sort of thing in the forum before and they always end up being someone trying to defeat a capcha. I believe that a capha is a valid, relatively unobtrusive security mechanism and do not wish to see anyone create an evasion for them because I worry that the next method devised to insure such security will be much more painful for everyone.

Dale

[gruntydatsun]

If I was smart enough to make a neural network to defeat captcha, I wouldn't need help saving out a picture from a webpage. I can already do what I'm asking by saving a copy of the page locally then pull it out of there.

I was just looking for a tidier way of doing it. If there's no easier way then I'll just go with the long way that works already.

The next method beyond captcha is infinitely easier on users. It'll be simple visual symbol recognition or logic puzzles that don't pop your eyeballs or your eardrums like current craptastic captcha does.