Re: how to get specific text from website via androlua

Subject: Re: how to get specific text from website via androlua
From: Michal Kottman &lt;michal.kottman@ ... &gt;
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:34:10 +0200

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On Thu, Apr 20, 2023, 11:25 Rana Ayaz <rana.ayaz1@gmail.com> wrote:

what is web scraping?

What you are trying to do (at least that's my understanding based on your original message):

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- Re: how to get specific text from website via androlua I am pasting the codes of two functions below some people are using this method to get specific text from website but i could not be understand what's the method used here can anyone guide me properly about it? require "import" --import "android.content.Intent" import "android.net.Uri" --import "com.androlua.*" local url = "https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/pakistan/lahore" -- الرجائ عدم اجرائ اي تغيير بعد هذه النقطة Http.get(url,function(status, data) if status == 200 then io.open("/storage/emulated/0/Download/html_data.txt","w"):write(data):close() local loc = string.match(data, "banner__title>Weather%sin%s(%a+)") local temp = string.match(data, "(%d+)%D+°") local type = string.match(data, "class=mtt%stitle=\"(%a+)%.\"") local t_high = string.match(data, "Forecast:%s(%d+)%s/%s%d+") local t_low = string.match(data, "Forecast:%s%d+%s/%s(%d+)") local wind = string.match(data, "Wind:%s(%d+, Rana Ayaz

References:
- how to get specific text from website via androlua, Rana Ayaz
- Re: how to get specific text from website via androlua, GoldenKnightFly
- Re: how to get specific text from website via androlua, Fidel H Viegas
- Re: how to get specific text from website via androlua, Rana Ayaz