how to get the result link after search the website?

[langthang084]

I want to search something on the internet (like Google, Youtube...). And I will get the list of result links. So how to declare each link in the variable?

[water]

Depends on the browser you use. IE, FF ...?

[jdelaney]

Short answer (ie):

#include <IE.au3> 
_IELinkGetCollection(ByRef $o_object [, $i_index = -1])

Will return much more than you want.

Long ansower, loop through the above, and grab only the valid ones...they will all follow some pattern.

Edited October 24, 2014 by jdelaney

[langthang084]

Thanks! But how to do this with Chrome?

[langthang084]

Here my code with IE, but why I dont use Filter with these link? and dont add $link[$i] to array?

#include <IE.au3>
 #include <Array.au3>
 #include <File.au3>


Local $oIE = _IECreate("http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ABCDE")
Local $oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
Local $iNumLinks = @extended
$link = 0
$linkend = 0
Local $sTxt = $iNumLinks & " links found" & @CRLF & @CRLF
For $oLink In $oLinks
    $sTxt &= $oLink.href & @CRLF
 Next
    $Finish = FileOpen("C:\temp.txt",  $FO_APPEND +  $FO_UTF8)
    FileWrite($Finish, $sTxt)
    _FileReadToArray("C:\temp.txt", $link)
for $i = 0 to $link[0]
   if $link[$i] = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" Then
      _ArrayAdd($linkend, $link[$i])
   EndIf
Next
_ArrayDisplay($linkend, "")

Edited October 25, 2014 by langthang084

[jdelaney]

How about:

#include <IE.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

Local $oIE = _IECreate("http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ABCDE")
Local $oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
Local $iNumLinks = @extended
$link = 0

$array = ""
Local $sTxt = $iNumLinks & " links found" & @CRLF & @CRLF
For $oLink In $oLinks
    $sTxt &= $oLink.href & @CRLF
    If StringInStr($oLink.href,"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=") Then
        If IsArray($array) Then
            _ArrayAdd($array, $oLink.href)
        Else
            Local $array[1] = $oLink.href
        EndIf
    EndIf
Next
_ArrayDisplay($linkend, "")

[junkew]

some magic in any browser by entering this in the addressbar (google for favlets/bookmarklets) and you read out the alertbox

javascript:var list = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); alert([].slice.call(list).toString());void(0);

or more subtle thru addressbar and result in a newly created textbox (which you can read thru iuiautomation)

javascript: var list = document.getElementsByTagName("a");var textbox = document.createElement('input');textbox.type = 'text';document.body.appendChild(textbox);textbox.value=[].slice.call(list).toString();void(0);

be aware that with copy/paste you can loose text: javascript:

and with this you can automate all major browsers easily

'?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>

Edited October 27, 2014 by junkew