Hello Team,
We have this application (IBM *Cognos*) which runs on a browser. Once the
URL is invoked a log in screen is presented, where USERID and PASSWORD are
entered.
Once in, I navigate clicking a tab "*Schedule Administration*". The screen
presented next contains some data which I would like to scrape. Not
everything, just data scatted all over the screen.
Can anyone recommend a simple gems which I could use to achieve what I
described above?
Thank you
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Ruby Student
There are plenty of previous questions on this subject, you could have
just read one of those!
Usually the answer is:
No JavaScript? Mechanize
JavaScript? Watir-Webdriver
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Joel, you are correct. I precipitated my self posting the question before
performing an exhaustive search.
I'll look into *Mechanize* as I don't know JavaScript.
Thank you for reply
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Joel Pearson <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
There are plenty of previous questions on this subject, you could have
just read one of those!Usually the answer is:
No JavaScript? Mechanize
JavaScript? Watir-Webdriver--
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.
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Ruby Student
Actually the advice from Joel is:
If the site doesn't use javascript you can use Mechanize.
If the site uses javascript, then you need something else, like Watir-Webdriver.
Jesus.
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Ruby Student <ruby.student@gmail.com> wrote:
Joel, you are correct. I precipitated my self posting the question before
performing an exhaustive search.
I'll look into Mechanize as I don't know JavaScript.
WOW! Big difference than my interpretation!
Thank you Jesús for clarifying it. It is truly appreciated.
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Jesús Gabriel y Galán < jgabrielygalan@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Ruby Student <ruby.student@gmail.com> > wrote:
> Joel, you are correct. I precipitated my self posting the question before
> performing an exhaustive search.
> I'll look into Mechanize as I don't know JavaScript.Actually the advice from Joel is:
If the site doesn't use javascript you can use Mechanize.
If the site uses javascript, then you need something else, like
Watir-Webdriver.Jesus.
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Ruby Student