HTMLViewer: getting the text from an external URL

Targets Web
1

I am using an Academic website providing true random numbers. Each access returns a new quantum based random number. I want to use these numbers appearing in the HTMLViewer further in the app.For my DT implementation I used HTMLViewer.documentcomplete event with:

#IF targetMacOS then sampletxt = W_runs.HTMLViewer_Wruns.EvaluateJavaScriptMBS("document.body.innerText").Left(7) #else sampletxt =W_runs.HTMLviewer_Wruns.IETextMBS.Left(7) #ENDIF

Now I want to implement the web-version and WebHTMLViewer has no ‘documentcomplete’ event. So:

  1. how do I know the page has been loaded
  2. I am not sure these wonderful MBS plugins do work for the web (maybe if it is a Mac- or Windows webserver where the app resides or the XOJO Cloud?)

Thanks for any info.
Dick

2

why not just use a httpsocket or urlconnection and get the raw html source ?
it should then be simple enough to get the random number from that

3

The MBS Plugin can’t help with WebHTMLViewer.
But you can maybe run a JavaScript there to get the value.

4

Your best bet would be HTTPSocket.

For security reasons, you cannot access the content of WebHTMLViewer if it is not on the same domain as your app.