VBA to read HTML; Search for TDelement

R

ryguy7272

I have code which goes to a internal corporate site, takes names from
ColumnZ in my spreadsheet, and pops them into a search box on a
company web site, searches, and returns, the results in another web
page. All of this works fine. Now, I’m trying to look through the TD
Elements on the search page, find something called SOEID, and import
the inner text (from that) into my spreadsheet, into ColumnAA. For
now, I’m testing to see if I can get the results into a MsgBox. If I
get that I can get the rest working. I noticed that TDelement.bgColor
= "#d9d9d9" will give me the SOEID, but there are a few
TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" in the page, so I have to drill down
another level…



Directly under TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9 is <span
class="fineleft">. This too is not unique, but under this is SOEID
and this is unique! So I want to search for that combination, and
import the inner text of the SOEID.



This is how it looks in the IE Developer Tool:

<td width="15%" bgColor="#d9d9d9">

<span class="fineleft">

Text – SOEID

<td width="15%">

<span class="fineattr">

Text - GT89111



I want to import that ‘GT89111’



Set TDelements = HTMLdoc.getElementsByTagName("TD")

For Each TDelement In TDelements

If TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" And . . . < -- problem is here . . .
Then

MsgBox (TDelement.innerText)

‘sa = TDelement.innerText

‘ With Sheets("List of FAs")

‘ .Range("AA" & CStr(RowCount)).Value =
sa

‘ End With

End If

Next

RowCount = RowCount + 1



How can I reference this:

<span class="fineleft">





Or, how can I reference this:

objCell.innerText

itm.innerText



So, any ideas on how to do this? I’m sure it is possible. I’m just
at a loss now as to how to actually do it.



Thanks everyone!
 
M

mscir

ryguy7272 said:
I have code which goes to a internal corporate site, takes names from
ColumnZ in my spreadsheet, and pops them into a search box on a
company web site, searches, and returns, the results in another web
page. All of this works fine. Now, I’m trying to look through the TD
Elements on the search page, find something called SOEID, and import
the inner text (from that) into my spreadsheet, into ColumnAA. For
now, I’m testing to see if I can get the results into a MsgBox. If I
get that I can get the rest working. I noticed that TDelement.bgColor
= "#d9d9d9" will give me the SOEID, but there are a few
TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" in the page, so I have to drill down
another level…
Directly under TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9 is <span
class="fineleft">. This too is not unique, but under this is SOEID
and this is unique! So I want to search for that combination, and
import the inner text of the SOEID.
This is how it looks in the IE Developer Tool:
<td width="15%" bgColor="#d9d9d9">
<span class="fineleft">
Text – SOEID
<td width="15%">
<span class="fineattr">
Text - GT89111
I want to import that ‘GT89111’
Set TDelements = HTMLdoc.getElementsByTagName("TD")
For Each TDelement In TDelements
If TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" And . . . < -- problem is here . . .
Then
MsgBox (TDelement.innerText)
‘sa = TDelement.innerText
‘ With Sheets("List of FAs")
‘ .Range("AA" & CStr(RowCount)).Value =
sa
‘ End With
End If
Next
RowCount = RowCount + 1
How can I reference this:
<span class="fineleft">

Or, how can I reference this:
objCell.innerText
itm.innerText
So, any ideas on how to do this? I’m sure it is possible. I’m just
at a loss now as to how to actually do it.
Thanks everyone!
Click to expand...

Will this approach work for you?

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled</title>
<style type='text/css'>
body{
font-family: "courier new";
}
td{
border: 1px solid green;
}
span{
border: 1px solid green;
padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px;
margin: 5px;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function doit(){
var coll_td=document.getElementsByTagName("td");
var s1;
for (n=0; n<coll_td.length; n++){
if (coll_td[n].className="fineleft"){
s1=coll_td[n].innerText;
if (s1.indexOf("SOEID") != -1) {
var coll_span= coll_td[n].getElementsByTagName("span");
alert ("span contents\n" + coll_span[0].innerText + "\n" +
coll_span[1].innerText);
break;
}
}
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">zzzzz</span><span
class="fineattr">11111</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">aaaaa</span><span
class="fineattr">22222</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">bbbbb</span><span
class="fineattr">33333</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">SOEID</span><span
class="fineattr">44444</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">ccccc</span><span
class="fineattr">55555</span></td></tr>
</table>
<p><input type="button" onclick="doit()" value="doit">
</body>
</html>
 
R

ryguy7272

ryguy7272 said:
I have code which goes to a internal corporate site, takes names from
ColumnZ in my spreadsheet, and pops them into a search box on a
company web site, searches, and returns, the results in another web
page.  All of this works fine.  Now, I’m trying to look through the TD
Elements on the search page, find something called SOEID, and import
the inner text (from that) into my spreadsheet, into ColumnAA.  For
now, I’m testing to see if I can get the results into a MsgBox.  IfI
get that I can get the rest working.  I noticed that TDelement.bgColor
= "#d9d9d9" will give me the SOEID, but there are a few
TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" in the page, so I have to drill down
another level…
Directly under TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9 is <span
class="fineleft">.  This too is not unique, but under this is SOEID
and this is unique!  So I want to search for that combination, and
import the inner text of the SOEID.
This is how it looks in the IE Developer Tool:
<td width="15%" bgColor="#d9d9d9">
<span class="fineleft">
Text – SOEID
<td width="15%">
<span class="fineattr">
Text -  GT89111
I want to import that ‘GT89111’
Set TDelements = HTMLdoc.getElementsByTagName("TD")
For Each TDelement In TDelements
If TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" And . . . < -- problem is here . . .
Then
                        MsgBox (TDelement.innerText)
                        ‘sa = TDelement.innerText
                        ‘    With Sheets("List of FAs")
                        ‘        .Range("AA" & CStr(RowCount)).Value =
sa
                        ‘    End With
End If
Next
RowCount = RowCount + 1
How can I reference this:
<span class="fineleft">
Click to expand...
Or, how can I reference this:
objCell.innerText
itm.innerText
So, any ideas on how to do this?  I’m sure it is possible.  I’mjust
at a loss now as to how to actually do it.
Thanks everyone!
Click to expand...

Will this approach work for you?

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled</title>
<style type='text/css'>
body{
   font-family: "courier new";}

td{
   border: 1px solid green;}

span{
   border: 1px solid green;
   padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px;
   margin: 5px;}

</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function doit(){
   var coll_td=document.getElementsByTagName("td");
   var s1;
   for (n=0; n<coll_td.length; n++){
     if (coll_td[n].className="fineleft"){
       s1=coll_td[n].innerText;
       if (s1.indexOf("SOEID") != -1) {
         var coll_span= coll_td[n].getElementsByTagName("span");
         alert ("span contents\n" + coll_span[0].innerText + "\n" +
coll_span[1].innerText);
         break;
       }
     }
   }}

</script>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">zzzzz</span><span
class="fineattr">11111</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">aaaaa</span><span
class="fineattr">22222</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">bbbbb</span><span
class="fineattr">33333</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">SOEID</span><span
class="fineattr">44444</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">ccccc</span><span
class="fineattr">55555</span></td></tr>
</table>
<p><input type="button" onclick="doit()" value="doit">
</body>
</html>
Click to expand...


That looks like C#. I'm using VBA. I'm just now learning how to use
C#. I'm not sure how to use the code you posted though.

Can someone help get me going in the right direction with a VBA
solution?

Thanks!!
 
R

ron

I have code which goes to a internal corporate site, takes names from
ColumnZ in my spreadsheet, and pops them into a search box on a
company web site, searches, and returns, the results in another web
page.  All of this works fine.  Now, I’m trying to look through theTD
Elements on the search page, find something called SOEID, and import
the inner text (from that) into my spreadsheet, into ColumnAA.  For
now, I’m testing to see if I can get the results into a MsgBox.  If I
get that I can get the rest working.  I noticed that TDelement.bgColor
= "#d9d9d9" will give me the SOEID, but there are a few
TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" in the page, so I have to drill down
another level…

Directly under TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9 is <span
class="fineleft">.  This too is not unique, but under this is SOEID
and this is unique!  So I want to search for that combination, and
import the inner text of the SOEID.

This is how it looks in the IE Developer Tool:

<td width="15%" bgColor="#d9d9d9">

<span class="fineleft">

Text – SOEID

<td width="15%">

<span class="fineattr">

Text -  GT89111

I want to import that ‘GT89111’

Set TDelements = HTMLdoc.getElementsByTagName("TD")

For Each TDelement In TDelements

If TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" And . . . < -- problem is here . . .
Then

                        MsgBox (TDelement.innerText)

                        ‘sa = TDelement.innerText

                        ‘    With Sheets("List of FAs")

                        ‘        .Range("AA" & CStr(RowCount)).Value =
sa

                        ‘    End With

End If

Next

RowCount = RowCount + 1

How can I reference this:

<span class="fineleft">

Or, how can I reference this:

objCell.innerText

itm.innerText

So, any ideas on how to do this?  I’m sure it is possible.  I’m just
at a loss now as to how to actually do it.

Thanks everyone!
Click to expand...

Whats the source code look like around SOEID?..Ron
 
M

Mike S

ryguy7272 said:
I have code which goes to a internal corporate site, takes names from
ColumnZ in my spreadsheet, and pops them into a search box on a
company web site, searches, and returns, the results in another web
page. All of this works fine. Now, I’m trying to look through the TD
Elements on the search page, find something called SOEID, and import
the inner text (from that) into my spreadsheet, into ColumnAA. For
now, I’m testing to see if I can get the results into a MsgBox. If I
get that I can get the rest working. I noticed that TDelement.bgColor
= "#d9d9d9" will give me the SOEID, but there are a few
TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" in the page, so I have to drill down
another level…
Directly under TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9 is<span
class="fineleft">. This too is not unique, but under this is SOEID
and this is unique! So I want to search for that combination, and
import the inner text of the SOEID.
This is how it looks in the IE Developer Tool:
<td width="15%" bgColor="#d9d9d9">
<span class="fineleft">
Text – SOEID
<td width="15%">
<span class="fineattr">
Text - GT89111
I want to import that ‘GT89111’
Set TDelements = HTMLdoc.getElementsByTagName("TD")
For Each TDelement In TDelements
If TDelement.bgColor = "#d9d9d9" And . . .< -- problem is here . . .
Then
MsgBox (TDelement.innerText)
‘sa = TDelement.innerText
‘ With Sheets("List of FAs")
‘ .Range("AA"& CStr(RowCount)).Value =
sa
‘ End With
End If
Next
RowCount = RowCount + 1
How can I reference this:
<span class="fineleft">
Click to expand...
Or, how can I reference this:
objCell.innerText
itm.innerText
So, any ideas on how to do this? I’m sure it is possible. I’m just
at a loss now as to how to actually do it.
Thanks everyone!
Click to expand...

Will this approach work for you?

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled</title>
<style type='text/css'>
body{
font-family: "courier new";}

td{
border: 1px solid green;}

span{
border: 1px solid green;
padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px;
margin: 5px;}

</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function doit(){
var coll_td=document.getElementsByTagName("td");
var s1;
for (n=0; n<coll_td.length; n++){
if (coll_td[n].className="fineleft"){
s1=coll_td[n].innerText;
if (s1.indexOf("SOEID") != -1) {
var coll_span= coll_td[n].getElementsByTagName("span");
alert ("span contents\n" + coll_span[0].innerText + "\n" +
coll_span[1].innerText);
break;
}
}
}}

</script>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">zzzzz</span><span
class="fineattr">11111</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">aaaaa</span><span
class="fineattr">22222</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">bbbbb</span><span
class="fineattr">33333</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">SOEID</span><span
class="fineattr">44444</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="fineleft">ccccc</span><span
class="fineattr">55555</span></td></tr>
</table>
<p><input type="button" onclick="doit()" value="doit">
</body>
</html>
Click to expand...


That looks like C#. I'm using VBA. I'm just now learning how to use
C#. I'm not sure how to use the code you posted though.

Can someone help get me going in the right direction with a VBA
solution?

Thanks!!
Click to expand...

It's javascript, you would make a few minor changes to use the code in
Excel, the main thing is you can get the innertext of the spans inside
the div with this approach.

These are the changes from javascript to VBA, try it in your sheet and
if it doesn't work post your code here:

var
dim

for (n=0; n<coll_td.length; n++){
for n = 0 to coll_td.length

if (s1.indexOf("SOEID") != -1) {
if instr(s1,"SOEID")>0 then

Mike
 

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