Extract Method (String, String, ActionType)

Response Extract Method (String, String, ActionType)

C# API

Extracts text from the response content - everything between (but not including) the specified before and after string objects - returning an empty string if they cannot be found, and specifying what action to take in case of failure.

Namespace: Facilita.Web
Assembly: clrWebBrowser (in clrWebBrowser.dll) Version: 9.5.8.37 (1.0.0.0)

Syntax

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public string Extract(
	string before,
	string after,
	ActionType failAction
)

public string Extract(
	string before,
	string after,
	ActionType failAction
)

Parameters

before: Type: System String
This text is searched for in the response content, and the returned string starts immediately after this text occurs in the content.

after: Type: System String
This text is searched for in the response content after the before text has been found, and the returned string ends immediately before this text occurs in the content.

failAction: Type: Facilita.Fc.Runtime ActionType
The action to take if the text cannot be found.

Return Value

The extracted text, or an empty string if the extract failed.

Remarks

Note
The search is case-sensitive.

Examples

The following example demonstrates extracting text from a HTML Response, and causing a warning to appear in the Virtual User event log if the text could not be found.

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Response response = request.Send();

// extract the value from the HTML text 
// <input type="text" name="f_customer" size="32" maxlength="32" value="Joe Smith"> 
string extractedText = response.Extract(
                        "value=\"",
                        "\"",
                        ActionType.ACT_WARNING);

Response response = request.Send();

// extract the value from the HTML text 
// <input type="text" name="f_customer" size="32" maxlength="32" value="Joe Smith"> 
string extractedText = response.Extract(
                        "value=\"",
                        "\"",
                        ActionType.ACT_WARNING);