exporting a list of results

DEVONagent Automation
1

hi!

is there an option to export a complete list with the results only, for example found rss-feeds or email-adresses only? exporting „results“ leads always to a textfile with one, full content of a website?
or is it a typical scripting-task?

thanks a lot,
jan

2

This is indeed scriptable, here’s an example:


tell application "DEVONagent"
	try
		if not (exists search window 1) then error "No search windows are open."
		
		set theSearch to search window 1
		if theSearch is searching then error "Search not yet complete."
		
		set theResults to search results of theSearch
		set theLinks to ""
		repeat with theResult in theResults
			set theURL to URL of theResult
			set theObjects to scanner objects of theResult
			repeat with theObject in theObjects
				set theLinks to theLinks & theObject & return
			end repeat
		end repeat
		
		if theLinks is "" then error "No objects found."
		
		set theFile to choose file name default name ((name of theSearch) as string) & ".txt"
		set theFile to open for access theFile with write permission
		set eof theFile to 0
		write (theLinks as string) to theFile
		close access theFile
	on error error_message number error_number
		if the error_number is not -128 then display alert "DEVONagent" message error_message as warning
	end try
end tell
3

… great and best regards. i’m going to test it! :slight_smile:

4

the script is working great. thanks a lot.
is it working with urls, too?
i’m an absolute applescript-newbie, so what is
the correct variable for the urls?

best regards,
jan

5

It’s currently exporting the URLs of the objects returned by the selected scanner. Do you want to export the URLs of the found pages too?