chrome page text content acquisition

[meety]

Hello!

wingettext function can get the text content of the IE browser page, but the text content of the page cannot be obtained in the chrome browser? What should I do?

[CYCho]

@Danp2 created a wonderful webdriver UDF for FireFox, Chrome and Edge. Please take a look at the following posts:

 

 

[meety]

someone can help me?

[Aelc]

hello

first of all read the linked posts...

to help you we need more information about the site you want to access...

regards

[meety]

For example, the site www.google.com. Wingettext can get its page text content when using IE browser, but can't get its page text content when using chrome browser. Did I make it clear?

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@meety
If you want to retrieve something that is inside the page (a text from a DOM element), then you can use IE UDF;
if that's not the case, then, as stated above, you need to be more explicit and provide a working sample

Edited December 2, 2020 by FrancescoDiMuro

[meety]

Thank you, I want to use wingettext to get the text on the page to determine whether the page has changed.

[Nine]

3 hours ago, meety said:

Did I make it clear?

Very clear.  With Chrome you cannot use _IE* functions.  You need to use WebDriver as you were already told.  We will not spoon-feed you with the code.  You will need to go thru Wiki to learn how to install WebDriver, then go thru all examples (and other materials) to understand how it is working.  After creating your script, if you still have problem, please come here with your code, and we will gladly help you out.

Edited December 2, 2020 by Nine

[meety]

12 hours ago, Nine said:

Very clear.  With Chrome you cannot use _IE* functions.  You need to use WebDriver as you were already told.  We will not spoon-feed you with the code.  You will need to go thru Wiki to learn how to install WebDriver, then go thru all examples (and other materials) to understand how it is working.  After creating your script, if you still have problem, please come here with your code, and we will gladly help you out.

Can you give an example, such as using with wingettext to fetch the text content on the page？thank you!

[meety]

Has any developer come to look at this issue?

[CYCho]

After downloading all the required documents listed in my first link above, install them in one folder. Then you should study _wd_demo.au3 and wiki page to understand how it works. For getting the text of a web page, you can try this:
 

#include "wd_core.au3"

Local $sDesiredCapabilities, $sSession
$_WD_DEBUG = $_WD_Debug_Info
$_WD_ERROR_MSGBOX = False
SetupChrome()
If Not ProcessExists("chromedriver.exe") Then
    _WD_Startup()
EndIf
If @error <> $_WD_ERROR_Success Then
    Exit
EndIf

$sSession = _WD_CreateSession($sDesiredCapabilities)
If @error <> $_WD_ERROR_Success Then
    Exit
EndIf

_WD_Navigate($sSession,  "https://google.com")
$sElement = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "/html/body")
$sText = _WD_ElementAction($sSession, $sElement, "text")

MsgBox(0, '', $sText)

Func SetupChrome()
    _WD_Option('Driver', 'chromedriver.exe')
    _WD_Option('Port', 9515)
    _WD_Option('DriverParams', '--verbose --log-path="' & @ScriptDir & '\chrome.log"')

    $sDesiredCapabilities = '{"capabilities": {"alwaysMatch": {"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true, "excludeSwitches": [ "enable-automation"], "useAutomationExtension": false }}}}'
EndFunc

 

[meety]

53 minutes ago, CYCho said:

After downloading all the required documents listed in my first link above, install them in one folder. Then you should study _wd_demo.au3 and wiki page to understand how it works. For getting the text of a web page, you can try this:
 

#include "wd_core.au3"

Local $sDesiredCapabilities, $sSession
$_WD_DEBUG = $_WD_Debug_Info
$_WD_ERROR_MSGBOX = False
SetupChrome()
If Not ProcessExists("chromedriver.exe") Then
    _WD_Startup()
EndIf
If @error <> $_WD_ERROR_Success Then
    Exit
EndIf

$sSession = _WD_CreateSession($sDesiredCapabilities)
If @error <> $_WD_ERROR_Success Then
    Exit
EndIf

_WD_Navigate($sSession,  "https://google.com")
$sElement = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "/html/body")
$sText = _WD_ElementAction($sSession, $sElement, "text")

MsgBox(0, '', $sText)

Func SetupChrome()
    _WD_Option('Driver', 'chromedriver.exe')
    _WD_Option('Port', 9515)
    _WD_Option('DriverParams', '--verbose --log-path="' & @ScriptDir & '\chrome.log"')

    $sDesiredCapabilities = '{"capabilities": {"alwaysMatch": {"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true, "excludeSwitches": [ "enable-automation"], "useAutomationExtension": false }}}}'
EndFunc

 

Thank you for your answer. My requirement is to monitor whether an open page changes. So I thought of using wingstext to fetch the content of the page regularly to determine whether the page has changed

[meety]

Hello!

I have a requirement to open www.google.com with chrome and keep it open, and then periodically check the text on the page to determine whether the page has changed. Can this autoit be realized?

Edited December 3, 2020 by meety

[Nine]

And how is it different from your other thread ?

https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/204539-wingettxt-function-usage-problem/

[meety]

12 minutes ago, Nine said:

And how is it different from your other thread ?

https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/204539-wingettxt-function-usage-problem/

Express more clearly.

[JLogan3o13]

@meety Please stick to one thread per topic.

[TheXman]

10 hours ago, meety said:

I have a requirement to open www.google.com with chrome and keep it open, and then periodically check the text on the page to determine whether the page has changed.

Why do you think the content of a Google search result would dynamically change without any user intervention?

Edited December 3, 2020 by TheXman

[Danp2]

@TheXman Guessing that he hasn't share the actual website with us. 🤨

[meety]

4 hours ago, Danp2 said:

@TheXman猜测他没有与我们共享实际的网站。🤨

Yes, goolge website is just an example

[meety]

7 hours ago, JLogan3o13 said:

@meety Please stick to one thread per topic.

got it!