Using HTTP Get to retrieve comic image

[Rudd Milam]

I am using HTTP Get to retrieve a comic strip i read. For now I have saved the web page to a text file and split it down to the name of the file  I want to retrieve. But I understand that HTTP Get can get the file directly. Only I almost know nothing about HTML or the syntax to retrieve the file.

Any help out there?

[joaomgcd]

Can you give me an example of the page you're trying to get the comic strip from? I can help you figure it out :) Thanks!

[Rudd Milam]

Sorry for the delay. I've been side tracked by most everything lately. Too many projects.

https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/01/12

Right now I read the page to a text file and split multiple times down to the line with the comic file name.

[João Dias]

Ok, here you go :)

This works nicely! It downloads comic and opens it as a file.

    Task: Get Comic
   
    A1: HTTP Request [
         Method: GET
         URL: https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/01/12
         Timeout (Seconds): 30
         Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]
   
    A2: Variable Set [
         Name: %image_url
         To: %http_data[.item-comic-image>img=:=src]
         Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]
   
    A3: Variable Set [
         Name: %file
         To: Download/comic.jpg
         Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]
   
    A4: HTTP Request [
         Method: GET
         URL: %image_url
         File/Directory To Save With Output: %file
         Timeout (Seconds): 30 ]
   
    A5: Open File [
         File: %file
         Mime Type: image/jpeg ]
   
   

It's using Tasker's native HTML reading capabilities to get the image URL directly :)

Let me know if this helps! 

Thank you for your contact.

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João Dias

[Paul K]

Joao,

This is great! It may be the answer I'm looking for. I want to get the URL for an image out of a Bing Search. But, I can't figure out the right requests. Here is the search: 

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=car&view=detail&first=1

I reviewed the code, and it seems the image URL sits in a DIV named "cico img-content." I've tried two methods without luck. The first was using your flow from above. I used HTML Request with the GET function. 

A1: HTTP Request [
         Method: GET

         URL:  https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=car&view=detail&first=1

         Timeout (Seconds): 30
         Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]
   
    A2: Variable Set [
         Name: %image_url

         To: %http_data[.cico img-content>img=:=src]           **** I'm not sure how to handle the space here

         Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]
   
    A3: Variable Set [

         Name: %Html
         To: %image_url

         Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]
   

  When I review the variable %Html, the value is "%image_url". So it is clear the http_data isn't working right.

METHOD TWO

I tried using AutoTools HTML Read to find the URL for the image. I entered the CSS Query Parameters as follows:

div#b_content div.vm_c div.dg_b.isvctrl div.mmComponent_images_1 ul.0 li.1 div.mm-ebad div.mm-ebad-ctt div.cico.img-content img()=:=src

I define the variable as %imageurl

Then i go to SET the %Html variable to %image_url, but the %Html variable is %image_url.  Any thoughts on where I messed up?

Thanks in advance!

[Paul K]

Ok, I figured it out using AutoTools. For anyone else looking for a solution, here's what I did. I'll post here in case it it helps someone in the future.

• Using AutoTools Read HTML, take advantage of the "Easy Setup" function at the very top.
• Plug in the URL and tell it what you're looking for. In my case, I was looking for a single image.
• AutoTools then auto-filled the Query box with the following:
  • CSS Queries: #iol_fsc > a.iol.fst.iol_fsst.loading > img=:=src
• Check the variable output text
• Save out of AutoTools

Run AutoTools and the URL is in the variable defined above! :) 

I would have NEVER found that if it wasn't for a built in AutoTools function. And it took for every to find it! Faceslap.

Cheers!

[João Dias]

I posted this as a reply to the original thread, but this works too :)

    Task: Test

   
    A1: HTTP Request [
         Method: GET
         URL: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=car&view=detail&first=1
         Timeout (Seconds): 30

         Automatically Follow Redirects: On

         Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]
   
    A2: Variable Set [
         Name: %image_url

         To: %http_data[.iol_fst>img=:=src] ]
   
    A3: Browse URL [
         URL: %image_url ]
   
I think it's just a matter of enabling redirects and then using the    .iol_fst>img css query!

Hope this helps!

 

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[Rudd Milam]

Hi All, This will take me awhile to digest. I'm not much of a programmer. Moe of a fiddler.

Thanks for all the help.