Vista - REQ: internetexplorer com object and access to array of links

I use the next script to extract all links from a website:

param($url = $(throw "Please specify a URL"))
$ie=new-object -com internetexplorer.application;
$ie.navigate2($url);
while ($ie.busy) {sleep -milliseconds 50}
$links=@($ie.document.getElementsByTagName("A"));
$links | select href
$ie.quit();

It displays all links ....but i need access to each separate link in $links.

So i tried this:
ForEach ($link in $links)
{#Do myThing}

But it returns : "System.__ComObject" instead of a link.

IMO $links is a array of links, so way can't access the separate links ?

Please help


Thanks in advance,

Robertico

Hi Robertico,


Try to select the properties you need first and then access the array:


PS 55> $ie=new-object -com internetexplorer.application
PS 56> $ie.visible=$true
PS 57> $ie.navigate2("www.google.com")
PS 58> while ($ie.busy) {sleep -milliseconds 50}
PS 59> $links=@($ie.document.getElementsByTagName("A")) | select href,innerText
PS 60> $ie.quit()
PS 61>
PS 61> $links

href innerText
---- ---------
http://images.google.co.il/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi Images
http://news.google.co.il/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn News
http://groups.google.co.il/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg Groups
http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws Scholar
http://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&tab=wm Gmail
http://www.google.co.il/intl/en/options/ more ?
http://www.google.com/calendar/render?hl=en&tab=wc Calendar
http://docs.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wo Documents
http://www.google.co.il/intl/en/options/ even
more »
https://www.google.com/accounts/Logi...//www.google.c... Sign in
http://www.google.co.il/advanced_search?hl=en Advanced
Search
http://www.google.co.il/preferences?hl=en Preferences
http://www.google.co.il/language_tools?hl=en Language
Tools
http://www.google.co.il/setprefs?sig...E6FxggehvupU4k... ?????
http://www.google.co.il/intl/en/ads/ Advertising
Program
http://www.google.co.il/intl/en/about.html About
Google
http://www.google.com/ncr Go
to Google.com


PS 62> $links.length
17

# get the first link
PS 63> $links[0]

href innerText
---- ---------
http://images.google.co.il/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi Images


# get the last link
PS 64> $links[-1]

href innerText
---- ---------
http://www.google.com/ncr Go
to Google.com

Go to Google.com





-----
Shay Levi
$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

IShay,

'll tested it.
(I only need the links, so i deleted the innerText from the selection)

the variable $links in your example displays all the links (as expected)
$links[0] displays: @{href=http://images.google.nl/imghp?hl=nl&tab=wi}

So, why displays $links all the links without @{href= } and $links[0]
with @{href= }

Robertico


"Shay Levi" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi

I'm not sure I follow you. If I execute $links[0] (deleted the innerText)
I get:


PS 29> $links[0]

href
----
http://images.google.co.il/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi


PS 30> $links[0].href
http://images.google.co.il/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi



Nothing like this:

@{href=http://images.google.nl/imghp?hl=nl&tab=wi}



-----
Shay Levi
$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

The complete script:

$url=www.google.com
$ie=new-object -com internetexplorer.application;
$ie.navigate2($url);
while ($ie.busy) {sleep -milliseconds 50}
$links=@($ie.document.getElementsByTagName("A"))| select href
$ie.quit();
Write-Host $links[0]

Screendump:


Command line


PowerGUI

Robertico


"Shay Levi" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8766a944297f48ca78c8322783be@xxxxxx

In addition.

I'am using Powershell v.1.0

Robertico


"Shay Levi" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I guess that's the reason, I'm using v2. I don't see it as a problem but
If you want $links[0] to look like a plain string then replace select with
foreach:


PS > $links=@($ie.document.getElementsByTagName("A"))| % {$_.href}
PS > $links[0]

http://images.google.co.il/imghp?hl=iw&tab=wi

-----
Shay Levi
$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

Shay,

Thanks !

$links=@($ie.document.getElementsByTagName("A"))| % {$_.href} did the trick
!!

BTW i upgraded to version 2 CTP

Robertico


"Shay Levi" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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ciau