Read HTML code from web link

[Former Member]

Hello.

I have such task and need an advise. I need to read value from Web page. I have a link with an index, which changes every day. It has the same position and length and I need to upload it to the system every morning automatically.

How can I read html code of the web page and parse it?

Kind regards.

Pavlo

[guilherme_frisoni]

Hi Pavel,

search SCN for CL_HTTP_CLIENT, you will get multiple examples.

Such as:

Regards,

Frisoni

[rosenberg_eitan]

Hi,

cl_html_client can be used to get the HTML page.

See

See  FORM do_xml_fetch_1 .

Regards .

FORM do_xml_fetch_1

  CHANGING

    response_string_2 TYPE xstring .

  DATA: client TYPE REF TO if_http_client .

  TRANSLATE p_url  TO LOWER CASE .

  TRANSLATE p_host TO LOWER CASE .

  TRANSLATE p_port TO LOWER CASE .

  CALL METHOD cl_http_client=>create_by_url

    EXPORTING

      url                = p_url

      proxy_host         = p_host

      proxy_service      = p_port

    IMPORTING

      client             = client

    EXCEPTIONS

      argument_not_found = 1

      plugin_not_active  = 2

      internal_error     = 3

      OTHERS             = 4.

  CHECK sy-subrc EQ 0 .

  CALL METHOD client->send

    EXCEPTIONS

      http_communication_failure = 1

      http_invalid_state         = 2.

  CHECK sy-subrc EQ 0 .

  CALL METHOD client->receive

    EXCEPTIONS

      http_communication_failure = 1

      http_invalid_state         = 2

      http_processing_failed     = 3.

  CHECK sy-subrc EQ 0 .

  DATA: response_string_1 TYPE string .

  response_string_1 = client->response->get_cdata( ).

  TRY.

      CALL METHOD cl_bcs_convert=>string_to_xstring

        EXPORTING

          iv_string  = response_string_1

        RECEIVING

          ev_xstring = response_string_2.

    CATCH cx_bcs .

  ENDTRY.

ENDFORM .                    "do_xml_fetch_1