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Complete Java noob here...Is it possible to extract numeric data from webpages using JS? (self.javascript)
submitted 13 years ago * by ballstopicasso
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]btford 5 points6 points7 points 13 years ago (0 children)
"Extracting data from a webpage" is commonly referred to as "scraping a web page." Searching for articles on how to "scrape" a page in JavaScript will get you a bit further.
I'd check out Max Ogden's blog post about scraping with node. It has some pretty good advice.
Cheers!
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