Web Content Extractor Documentation

Script Wizard

Script Wizard allows you to create a script for exctracting a substring without having to write its code.

To generate script you should select the part of the text you want to extract and click the "Generate Script" button. The program will generate some script and show its result at the bottom of the window. If this result does not coincide with the substring you wanted to extract, you need to change the script parameters by clicking "Set Script Parameters" button. In the "Predefined Script" window you can change the parameters of the script functions, add new functions, remove the ones you don't need, duplicate the existing function and change the order in which these functions are executed.

To change the parameters of the script functions, select function and click "Edit" button.

Script Functions

Function Name Description & Parameters
Add_String_At_The_Beginning

Adds a specified string to the beginning of the input string.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• strPrefix: The string to add at the beginning
Add_String_To_The_End

Appends a specified string to the end of the input string.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• strSuffix: The string to add at the end
Download_URL

Downloads content from a specified URL.

Parameters:
• url: The URL to download content from
Extract_Email_Addresses

Extracts email addresses from a string using regular expression pattern matching.

Parameters:
• strInput: The string to search for email addresses
• Returns: Array of email addresses found
Extract_Phone_Numbers

Extracts phone numbers from a string using regular expression pattern matching.

Parameters:
• strInput: The string to search for phone numbers
• Returns: Array of phone numbers found
Left_String

Extracts substring from the first character up to the specified search string.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• strSearchFor: The delimiter string
• strReverseSearch: Search direction
   0 = search from beginning
   1 = search from end
Replace_String

Replaces all occurrences of a substring with another string.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• strFindWhat: Substring to find
• strReplaceWith: Replacement string
Replace_String_RegEx

Replaces strings matching a regular expression pattern.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• pattern: Regular expression pattern
• replacement: Replacement string
Right_String

Extracts substring from the specified search string to the end.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• strSearchFor: The delimiter string
• strReverseSearch: Search direction
   0 = search from beginning
   1 = search from end
Split_String

Extracts a specific item from a delimited string array.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• strDelimiter: Character(s) to split by
• strItemIndex: Index of item to extract (0-based)
Strip_HTML_Tags

Removes all HTML tags from a string.

Parameters:
• strInput: The HTML string to clean
Sub_String

Extracts substring between two specified delimiters.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• strStartSearchFor: Starting delimiter
• strEndSearchFor: Ending delimiter
• strReverseSearch: Search direction
   0 = search from beginning
   1 = search from end
Sub_String_RegEx

Extracts substring using regular expression pattern.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• strPattern: Regular expression pattern
Trim_String

Removes specified characters from both ends of a string.

Parameters:
• strInput: The original string
• strSearchFor: Characters to remove

Available Constants

  • \r\n - the new line character used in scripts written in Javascript.

 

You can create your own script. To do it, you should click the "Edit Script..." button. You will see the "Script Editor" window where you can create and edit scripts.