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Hi Peter...The following code should get you going...Ron
Sub Webpage() ' Retrieve the source code for the first page J = 1 my_url = "http://content.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/smokestack/search/FL/~/~/~/rank/~/" & J & "/%5B/url%5D" Set my_obj = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP") my_obj.Open "GET", my_url, False my_obj.send my_var = my_obj.responsetext Set my_obj = Nothing ' Determine the number of pages to examine pos_1 = InStr(1, my_var, "search-intro", vbTextCompare) pos_2 = InStr(pos_1, my_var, "", vbTextCompare) pos_3 = InStr(1 + pos_2, my_var, "", vbTextCompare) pos_4 = InStr(pos_3, my_var, "Schools", vbTextCompare) no_pages = (Mid(my_var, 1 + pos_3, -1 + pos_4 - (1 + pos_3))) no_pages = Replace(no_pages, ",", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare) no_pages = Val(no_pages) If (no_pages Mod 10) = 0 Then no_pages = no_pages / 10 Else no_pages = 1 + Int(no_pages / 10) End If ' Begin iteration For J = 1 To no_pages my_url = "http://content.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/smokestack/search/FL/~/~/~/rank/~/" & J & "/%5B/url%5D" Set my_obj = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP") my_obj.Open "GET", my_url, False my_obj.send my_var = my_obj.responsetext Set my_obj = Nothing ' Extract data yy = 1 Do Until yy = 0 pos_5 = InStr(yy, my_var, "smokestack/school", vbTextCompare) pos_6 = InStr(pos_5, my_var, "", vbTextCompare) pos_7 = InStr(pos_6, my_var, "<", vbTextCompare) sc_name = Mid(my_var, 1 + pos_6, pos_7 - (1 + pos_6)) yy = InStr(pos_7, my_var, "smokestack/school", vbTextCompare) ' Use instr, instrrev and mid to extract other info you're interested in ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Put the current school data into the workbook ActiveCell = sc_name ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select Loop Next End Sub |
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