Issue w/ DataScraper

[donstephens]

When trying to run the script I am getting these errors in my log

Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         HSTouch Server Warning    Exception on Value Change callback: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         HSTouch Server Warning    Exception on Value Change callback: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         HSTouch Server Warning    Exception on Value Change callback: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         HSTouch Server Warning    Exception on Value Change callback: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         HSTouch Server Warning    Exception on Value Change callback: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         Jon00_DataScrape    Virtual device created for Address Jon00-DS-001-5 with Reference: 40
Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         Jon00_DataScrape    Virtual device created for Address Jon00-DS-001-4 with Reference: 39
Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         Jon00_DataScrape    Virtual device created for Address Jon00-DS-001-3 with Reference: 38
Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         Jon00_DataScrape    Virtual device created for Address Jon00-DS-001-2 with Reference: 37
Jun-02 5:56:32 PM         Jon00_DataScrape    Virtual device created for Address Jon00-DS-001-1 with Reference: 36 

[jon00]

The bottom 5 entries are just information statements that virtual devices have been created. You should only see those once.

The top 5 entries are HSTouch errors. The device creation is standard code so must be a HS issue. Have you tried restarting HS?

[donstephens]

No, but I will.

[donstephens]

Still Clueless

I'm trying to scrape a simple HTML page and I just don't know what I am doing incorrectly.

The source is

Anytime Data Refill Rate</a></td>
    <td>10.0 GB</td> 

I'm trying to extract 10.0 GB out of the above code using

Pattern1=(?s)Anytime Data Refill Rate</a></td><td>(.*?)</td>

My Device is defined as

DeviceName1=Data Refill Rate
DeviceText1=[0]
DeviceValue1=
DeviceImage1=
Speakbutton1=1

When I run the script it doesn't create the device nor the file Jon00DataScraperData.ini

There are no error messages in the log.

Can anyone point out where I'm going wrong?

Thanks;

[jon00]

Don,

Did you call the script with the correct parameters i.e.

for [Grab2]

Sub or function: Main
Parameters: 2

for [Grab 3]

Sub or function: Main
Parameters: 3

If so and not working, set TextFile=1 and then run the script.

Assuming you are using [Grab2], please post grab2.txt (in the Data\Jon00\Datascraper folder) here or via email. I'll take a look tomorrow for you.

[donstephens]

Dropped you an email with three files....

[jon00]

Don,

Try:

Pattern1=(?s)Anytime Data Allowance<.*?<td>(.*?)</td>
DeviceName1=Data Refill Rate
DeviceText1=[0]

[donstephens]

Worked like a champ. Need to spend more time conceptually with this...

Thanks!

[jon00]

Good stuff.

Remember, if you want to use the metric as a device value you can modify it as follows:

Pattern1=(?s)Anytime Data Allowance<.*?<td>(.*?) GB</td>
DeviceName1=Data Refill Rate
DeviceText1=[0] GB
DeviceValue1=[0]

[donstephens]

Thank you.