Hi,
Is web-automation in App Inventor possible with web pages that don't use java ?
Cheers
Steve
Continuing the discussion from Web-automation in App Inventor:
Note: Java is NOT Javascript...
http://javascriptisnotjava.com/
What exactly does your webpage use?
Taifun
Hi,
Thanks for the correction.
The webpage is at. osg.scot/portal/
Steve
My aim is to search for a postcode and retrieve the UPRN for a property
I've written a small app that does this using the UK Ordinance Survey web site and JSON but the OSG site always has more recently updated postcode data.
It would really help if you provided a screenshot of your relevant blocks, so we can see what you are trying to do, and where the problem may be.
To get an image of your blocks, right click in the Blocks Editor and select "Download Blocks as Image". You might want to use an image editor to crop etc. if required. Then post it here in the community.
Taifun
Trying to push the limits! Snippets, Tutorials and Extensions from Pura Vida Apps by 
Taifun.
To post some irrelevant blocks does not really make sense, does it?
What does the OSG site return? Any examples? Please provide the result content as text rather than a screenshot
What exactly does that mean? Can you elaborate?
As far as I can see, that API returns JSON
Taifun
I did provide you the address of OSG (One Scotland Gazetteer) earlier.
OSG provides exactly the same type of data that Ordnance Survey does. UPRN / coordinates for every individual property.
But OSG data is always more up to date than OS data.
OSG shows new postcodes and properties built before OS does.
OSG returns the below data, one of the properties result of the search for post / zip code AB39 8BP -
xxxxxxx street address xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
CHAPELTON
AB39 8BP
Postal Town: STONEHAVEN
Custodian: Aberdeenshire
UPRN: 151180251
Ordnance Survey says the post / zip code doesnt exist (yet)
The issue I have is that one site has an API but old data ...
the other site has current data but no API ... i can go do manualk search on the web page but cant automate it.
I see a REST interface for OSG at
https://osg.scot/portal/Upload?flag=viewAttach&mpgId=1IR6IWEsTFTZwJ%2B95YCf9yQ4mvtqGpwPiVBF53tIFRCE23zIVb6%2BaEXKD6dvZZkU34W6%2FkjGHjw%3D&locId=1
Resources
Webservice Documents
The following documents provide details on One Scotland Gazetteer data and the conventions to which they adhere (documents will download on click):
Technical Documentation - Approved June 2019 (took effect on1 January 2020)
Conventions and technical Documents (documents will download on click):
Gazetteer Validation guidance, Jan 2020 (documents will download on click):
Other spatial data services provided by the Improvement Service
Yes but the service is only available to " available to members of the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement"
Eligibility
These organisations are eligible automatically unless they are Excluded Bodies as defined in the Member Licence:
- Departments, agencies, or public bodies in England
- Departments, agencies, or public bodies in Wales
- Organisations in the National Public Body Directory for Scotland
- Emergency services (police, fire, ambulance, coastguard)
- NHS bodies in England, Scotland, and Wales – as well as some regional teams
- Local authorities
- Town, parish and community councils
- Organisations that were members of the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA) and One Scotland Mapping Agreement (OSMA) when they were replaced by the PSGA
If your organisation is not listed above, read the criteria for abody governed by public law. If you meet these, you can register to be a member.
So I suspect the answer to my question is - no its not possible to use web-automation in App Inventor is ... no ?
This is not an AppInventor issue, the source data and how it is provided is the issue.
No, the question is "Is web-automation in App Inventor possible with web pages" yes or no
That was my question ... its quite simple.... yes or no
You do the web automation in the webviewer with javascript, just like you would do with normal html...
Also see (as previously posted)
yes i did ... that was quoted in my original post.
Taifun said "The question is, if your website is able to do it. . Does it use JavaScript? If yes, you might want to try@"
But the site doesn't, hence my original post quoting exactly that !
That was exactly where i started, try to keep up TIMAI2
as I said
so, as my original post, "Is web-automation in App Inventor possible with web pages that do not use Javascript ?"
According to Taifun it is possible if it does use Javascript but the site i want to use automation on doesn't use Javascript so is it possible to use automation with AI2 in that case ?
The answer should be yes or no ... not but if only the site has an API or some other reason that you dont need to use automation llf
ITS BINARY
Its obviously not possible.
Thank you for making the answer so obvious in your attempt to avoid answering it directly llf
There is no legal issue as my intention is to "retrieve and display Content from the Site on a computer screen". this is again just an excuse for not answering the original question.
With selenium I can automate the population of the text box and the click of the search button.
The question was is there a way to do that with AI2 ?
So the answer to my question is, no there is way to do that with AI2.