In this video i share how you might automate data extraction using the iMacros plugin for IE browser.
The iMacros plugin for IE has the most visual interface compare to equal iMacros plugins for FF or Chrome browsers. Yet, the same macro might be run at the iMacros plugins at any of the browsers. A data extraction is only one of the niches the plugin is of use, see the short description of all its usage here. The code of the macro from the video above you might see down here:
VERSION BUILD=8021970
TAB T=1
TAB CLOSEALLOTHERS
SET !EXTRACT_TEST_POPUP NO
URL GOTO=http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange
/prices-and-markets/stocks/indices/summary
/summary-indices-constituents.html?index=AIM1
TAG POS=1 TYPE=TABLE ATTR=CLASS:table_dati EXTRACT=TXT
SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=c:\iMacros FILE=table.csv
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Next
WAIT SECONDS=2
TAG POS=1 TYPE=TABLE ATTR=CLASS:table_dati EXTRACT=TXT
SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=c:\iMacros FILE=table.csv
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Next
WAIT SECONDS=2
TAG POS=1 TYPE=TABLE ATTR=CLASS:table_dati EXTRACT=TXT
SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=c:\iMacros FILE=table.csv
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Next
WAIT SECONDS=2
TAG POS=1 TYPE=TABLE ATTR=CLASS:table_dati EXTRACT=TXT
SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=c:\iMacros FILE=table.csv
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Next
WAIT SECONDS=2
TAG POS=1 TYPE=TABLE ATTR=CLASS:table_dati EXTRACT=TXT
SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=c:\iMacros FILE=table.csv
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:1
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