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HTML Table to CSV
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Demonstrates a method for converting an HTML table to a CSV file.Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.
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integer li_rc
long li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_BdHtml
oleobject loo_Htx
oleobject loo_SbXml
oleobject loo_Xml
long li_NumRemoved
long i
long li_Count_i
string ls_Table_role
string ls_Table_data_scrollx
string ls_Table_data_sortdirection
string ls_Table_data_sorton
string ls_Table_id
long j
long li_Count_j
string ls_Tr_role
long k
long li_Count_k
string ls_TagPath
string ls_Text
oleobject loo_Csv
string ls_CsvStr
li_Success = 0
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// First download the HTML containing the table
loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
destroy loo_Http
MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
return
end if
loo_BdHtml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_BdHtml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.BinData")
li_Success = loo_Http.QuickGetBd("https://example-code.com/data/etf_table.html",loo_BdHtml)
if li_Success <> 1 then
Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_BdHtml
return
end if
// Convert to XML.
loo_Htx = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Htx.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HtmlToXml")
loo_Htx.SetHtmlBd(loo_BdHtml)
loo_SbXml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbXml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
loo_Htx.ToXmlSb(loo_SbXml)
loo_Xml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Xml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Xml")
loo_Xml.LoadSb(loo_SbXml,1)
// Remove attributes and sub-trees we don't need.
// (In other words, we're getting rid of clutter...)
li_NumRemoved = loo_Xml.PruneTag("thead")
li_NumRemoved = loo_Xml.PruneAttribute("style")
li_NumRemoved = loo_Xml.PruneAttribute("class")
// Scrub the element and attribute content.
loo_Xml.Scrub("ContentTrimEnds,ContentTrimInside,AttrTrimEnds,AttrTrimInside")
// Let's see what we have...
Write-Debug loo_Xml.GetXml()
// We have the following XML.
// Copy this XML into the online tool at Generate Parsing Code from XML
// as a starting point for accessing the data..
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <root>
// <html>
// <head>
// <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
// </head>
// <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
// <div>
// <div>
// <table role="grid" data-scrollx="true" data-sortdirection="desc" data-sorton="-1"/>
// </div>
// </div>
// <div>
// <table id="topHoldingsTable" role="grid" data-scrollx="true" data-sortdirection="desc" data-sorton="-1">
// <tbody>
// <tr role="row">
// <td>
// <text>ITUB4</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>Financials</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>Brazil</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>10.94</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>998,954,813.73</text>
// </td>
// </tr>
// <tr role="row">
// <td>
// <text>BBDC4</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>BANCO BRADESCO PREF SA</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>Financials</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>Brazil</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>9.01</text>
// </td>
// <td>
// <text>822,164,622.75</text>
// </td>
// </tr>
// ...
// ...
// ...
// </tbody>
// </table>
// </div>
// </body>
// </html>
// </root>
// This is the code generated by the online tool:
//
i = 0
li_Count_i = loo_Xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("html|body|div")
do while i < li_Count_i
loo_Xml.I = i
ls_Table_role = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|div|table|(role)")
ls_Table_data_scrollx = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|div|table|(data-scrollx)")
ls_Table_data_sortdirection = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|div|table|(data-sortdirection)")
ls_Table_data_sorton = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|div|table|(data-sorton)")
ls_Table_id = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|table|(id)")
ls_Table_role = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|table|(role)")
ls_Table_data_scrollx = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|table|(data-scrollx)")
ls_Table_data_sortdirection = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|table|(data-sortdirection)")
ls_Table_data_sorton = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|table|(data-sorton)")
j = 0
li_Count_j = loo_Xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr")
do while j < li_Count_j
loo_Xml.J = j
ls_Tr_role = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|(role)")
k = 0
li_Count_k = loo_Xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|td")
do while k < li_Count_k
loo_Xml.K = k
ls_Text = loo_Xml.GetChildContent("html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|td[k]|text")
k = k + 1
loop
j = j + 1
loop
i = i + 1
loop
// Let's modify the above code to build the CSV.
loo_Csv = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Csv.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Csv")
loo_Csv.SetColumnName(0,"Ticker")
loo_Csv.SetColumnName(1,"Name")
loo_Csv.SetColumnName(2,"Sector")
loo_Csv.SetColumnName(3,"Country")
loo_Csv.SetColumnName(4,"Weight")
loo_Csv.SetColumnName(5,"Notional Vaue")
i = 0
li_Count_i = loo_Xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("html|body|div")
do while i < li_Count_i
loo_Xml.I = i
j = 0
li_Count_j = loo_Xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr")
do while j < li_Count_j
loo_Xml.J = j
k = 0
li_Count_k = loo_Xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|td")
do while k < li_Count_k
loo_Xml.K = k
loo_Csv.SetCell(j,k,loo_Xml.GetChildContent("html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|td[k]|text"))
k = k + 1
loop
j = j + 1
loop
i = i + 1
loop
loo_Csv.SaveFile("qa_output/brasil_etf.csv")
ls_CsvStr = loo_Csv.SaveToString()
Write-Debug ls_CsvStr
// Our CSV looks like this:
// Ticker,Name,Sector,Country,Weight,Notional Vaue
// ITUB4,ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA,Financials,Brazil,10.94,"998,954,813.73"
// BBDC4,BANCO BRADESCO PREF SA,Financials,Brazil,9.01,"822,164,622.75"
// VALE3,CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH,Materials,Brazil,8.60,"785,290,260.07"
// PETR4,PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA,Energy,Brazil,5.68,"518,124,434.10"
// PETR3,PETROBRAS,Energy,Brazil,4.86,"443,254,438.53"
// B3SA3,B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA,Financials,Brazil,4.57,"417,636,740.16"
// ABEV3,AMBEV SA,Consumer Staples,Brazil,4.57,"417,216,913.63"
// BBAS3,BANCO DO BRASIL SA,Financials,Brazil,3.25,"296,921,232.15"
// ITSA4,ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA,Financials,Brazil,2.90,"265,153,684.52"
// LREN3,LOJAS RENNER SA,Consumer Discretionary,Brazil,2.25,"205,832,175.98"
//
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_BdHtml
destroy loo_Htx
destroy loo_SbXml
destroy loo_Xml
destroy loo_Csv