How can I save the content of the MATLAB web browser window programmatically? Not the same as WEBREAD....

Hello, All.

I am using R2015b on a 64bit Mac running El Capitan.

I have a very specific reason for needing to be able to programmatically save the page source code of a webpage displayed in a MATLAB web browser window. WEBREAD does not work for this specific purpose. Already tested this extensively. Already ruled it out. I am looking for a workaround that draws directly from the browser window and its associated data.

For instance, I know that I can right-click on the MATLAB web browser window and choose "Save As" or "Page Source" to get what I need, but I would like to do this programmatically within MATLAB, not by mouse-click.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

[Dave Behera]

Hi,

Are you launching the MATLAB web browser with the 'web' command? http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/web.html#inputarg_url

If yes, do this:

[a, h] = web('http://google.com')
CurrentLocation= get(h, 'CurrentLocation')  % Gives you location of current page
htmlText = get(h, 'HtmlText')  % Gives you html content of current page

[Sean de Wolski]

Add a pause for a few seconds before the htmlText = ... to make sure the web page loads. I think I know your use case :)

[Nick Hunter]

Hello, there! It says that you are going to remove the handle for the web browser, so Matlab will not allow to do his: [a, h] = web('http://google.com'). Are there any alternative commands to do the same thing? I need HTML information wile the browser is openned as I am doing some authentification. webread() does not work for this =(