Web Interaction
XML Dedicated Section
Downloading Files
This uses URLDownloadToFile from the Windows API - urlmon.dll
Private Declare PtrSafe Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" _
Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, ByVal szURL As String, _
ByVal szFileName As String, ByVal dwReserved As Long, ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long
Sub download_HK_picture()
imgsrc = "https://bettersolutions.com/myimage.jpg"
dlpath = "C:\DownloadedPics\"
URLDownloadToFile 0, imgsrc, dlpath & "downloaded.jpg", 0, 0
End Sub
Using Selenium
Download the Selenium-type library (WebDriver) from the SeleniumHQ website: https://www.selenium.dev/.
Tools > References.
Look for "Selenium Type Library" or "WebDriver" and check the box to enable it. Click "OK" to close the references window.
Dim driver As New Selenium.ChromeDriver
Dim elem As Selenium.WebElement
driver.Start "chrome", "https://example.com"
Set elem = driver.FindElementByXPath("//input[@id='search']")
elem.SendKeys "web scraping"
'do something
driver.Quit
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