applescript with javascript -> get string from href

Question

I try to read out the string inside of an unordered list .

The string of interest is the following number: href="?notation=1549220" image

I am very new to HTML/CSS/JavaScript so please excuse this simple question.

I tried something like this, but it's getting nowhere:

document.getElementById('exchangesLayerHs')
  .getElementsByTagName('ul')
  .getElementsByTagName('li')
  .getElementsByTagName('a');

Has anyone a tipp for me?

Thanks a lot! Carlo

I think it would be very helpful if you posted your entire AppleScript rather than just the JavaScript snippet — wch1zpink
– wch1zpink, Commented Jul 30, 2017 at 0:55

Jonas Wilms · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-29 13:33:31Z

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You could get the link with the title handelsplatz geschlossen :

var link = document.querySelector("a [title='Handelsplatz geschlossen']");

Now simply get the thing behind = in the href and convert it to a number (+) :

var result = + link.href.split("=")[1];

answered Jul 29, 2017 at 13:33

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CarloP Over a year ago

Hi Jonas, thanks for your quick response! I tried to include your proposal into my applescript as follows: set link to do JavaScript "document.querySelector('a [title='Handelsplatz geschlossen']');" in document 1 But when I try to log link then I get an error message "'link' is not defined". What do I do wrong?

Jonas Wilms Over a year ago

@carloP i cant help you with apple script... Sorry

CarloP Over a year ago

By the way, the tag <a> with title="Handelsplatz geschlossen" is not unique, there are multiple of these tags in the unordered list <ul>. Is this the reason why I maybe could not reach it just by the title?

Jonas Wilms Over a year ago

@carloP then you need querySelectorAll(...)[4] to get e.g. the fourth one. However, the error you get is related to applescript

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