How do I do this?

[Force]

does anyone know how to make a script that goes to a page and gets one line (example: line 34) off that page every 24 hours. then it puts that line into a text file on my site. i know how to set up cron, but dont know how to make this.

thanks in advance

[xzx2]

Originally posted by Force
does anyone know how to make a script that goes to a page and gets one line (example: line 34) off that page every 24 hours. then it puts that line into a text file on my site. i know how to set up cron, but dont know how to make this.

thanks in advance

You don't need cron for that, A simple javascript will work:





function getCookie(Name) {
var search = Name + "="
if (document.cookie.length > 0) { // if there are any cookies
offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
if (offset != -1) { // if cookie exists
offset += search.length
// set index of beginning of value
end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset)
// set index of end of cookie value
if (end == -1)
end = document.cookie.length
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
}
}
}
var expdate = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + 86400000);
var cookieval = getCookie("popcounter");
if (cookieval==undefined) {
document.cookie="popcounter=1; expires=" + expdate.toGMTString() + "; path=/;";
// 1st line
document.write("Whatever you want it to do");

}



this is a popup script that i use, every 24 hours it pops up. I edited it up a bit. All you need to do is call it with a .js extension from the file that you want. You can use iframes for that...

[Force]

did you even read my post!!! damn newbies! i want it to go to a page like yahoo.com and get line 34 and write it to a file on my website. it has NOTHING to do with cookies.

[xzx2]

Originally posted by Force
did you even read my post!!! damn newbies! i want it to go to a page like yahoo.com and get line 34 and write it to a file on my website. it has NOTHING to do with cookies.

dude, i ain't a n00b first thing. Second, i ain't gonna edit it for you all the way, since you didn't give specifics. 3rd, drop the (censored) attitude. and it does have everything to do with cookies you (censored) noob!!!!

[Force]

no matter how you edit a javascript, you can never get it to write to a file to my site or do anything else i wanted it to do.

[xzx2]

use iframes and document.write(" ");

[keith]

javascript is pretty lame.

[xzx2]

Originally posted by keith
javascript is pretty lame.

true, and i wouldn't really advise going with the method that i told him, but since no one else was replying, i posted it. Too bad i didn't know how gratefull he would be:


Originally posted by Force
did you even read my post!!! damn newbies! i want it to go to a page like yahoo.com and get line 34 and write it to a file on my website. it has NOTHING to do with cookies.

If i knew that was his response i would told him to go to hell...

[Force]

the script you gave me cannot do what i wanted. even using an iframe would not work. this would include the whole page. let me say this again, i only want one line of code from the entire page. a javascript also cannot create files. it can write to a page, but that would only be for the person viewing it, i need it to create a new file.

[Kaliber]

shut up force, go get some respect, if someone does something for you you thank them but then explain the problem.

[Force]

the reason why i was so mean, was because when i first saw his post and that he only had a post count of one I thought he was just trying to spam by posting irrelavant stuff. sorry xzx2 if I was being annoying to you, but i hope you can understand what i was thinking.

i dont think anyone here knows how to do this, so a mod can close this if he or she wants.

[Kaliber]

HAHA, no one spends 10 mins on a janascript hoping to raise their post level.