how can i retrieve data from a dynamic web page using js???

[shehreen]

hi,,
i'm new here.i'm doing a project where i have to continuosly retrieve data from a dynamic web page and have to store it into a backend database..can i do this using javascript??? or is there any way to do so...please help me...
i'm eagerly keep waiting to get any response...

bye.

 

[BabyJeffy]

Assuming you want to use Javascript in a browser and do all this from a remote machine ... then no. Javascript is not the tool for the job.

Think about what part of the solution you want Javascript to play... explain to us what you have tried and what conclusions you have already reached (about such things as the volume of data etc).

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Jeff

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[theniteowl]

If what you want to do is read a page from a remote site and parse it for specific content you may be able to use AJAX to retrieve the content of that page and then use Javascript to parse for specific data. A lot depends on what the data is and how it is setup on the page. It may not be easy to accurately identify all of the data you are looking for.

Placing the retrieved data into a database is a project all by itself.

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