Subj : Re: Get URLs
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : jjl@pobox.com (John J. Lee)
Date : Wed Oct 08 2003 02:50 am

Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net> writes:

> FERNANDEZ Emmanuel wrote:
> 
> > I agree.
> > But in that case :
[...]
> > I need the execution to know the link.
> >
> > Any solution ?
> 
> 
> You can't execute the script on the server side.  It needs the
[...]

Who said anything about a server?  Did I miss it?


> server side.  If you really need to detect all links that might be
> *computed* 
[...]
> you need to run
> in the client.  Or you need a proxy between client and server.

For which XPCOM is what you want (or other browsers' automation
interfaces: MSIE has COM automation interfaces, Konqueror has KParts
and DCOP).

There are other ways, too: client libraries like HttpUnit (in Java).
Swings and roundabouts.


John

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