Pulling text from the internet

[JavaWizKid]

I know how to pull text from the internet using the simple

#define kTextURL	@"http://www.website.com/text.txt"

But how do I select certain parts of the text on a html page like this one. How could I pull say the current hot tags?

[dany_dev]

Originally Posted by JavaWizKid

I know how to pull text from the internet using the simple

#define kTextURL	@"http://www.website.com/text.txt"

But how do I select certain parts of the text on a html page like this one. How could I pull say the current hot tags?

this is something called "parsing"

Let me google that for you

[JavaWizKid]

THANKS, this is perfect! I forgot about the word parse haha. I've came across "pple" which is a html/xml parser for iPhone. I've correctly installed it and created the following code:

	NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:@"http://www.javawizkid.com/"];
	
	// Create parser
	TFHpple *xpathParser = [[TFHpple alloc] initWithHTMLData:data];
	
	NSArray *elements  = [xpathParser search:@"//title"];
	
	NSLog(@"%@",elements);

However, it kees spitting out the error, unable to parse. No idea why?

[dany_dev]

Originally Posted by JavaWizKid

THANKS, this is perfect! I forgot about the word parse haha. I've came across "pple" which is a html/xml parser for iPhone. I've correctly installed it and created the following code:

	NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:@"http://www.javawizkid.com/"];
	
	// Create parser
	TFHpple *xpathParser = [[TFHpple alloc] initWithHTMLData:data];
	
	NSArray *elements  = [xpathParser search:@"//title"];
	
	NSLog(@"%@",elements);

However, it kees spitting out the error, unable to parse. No idea why?

and exactly which is the error?

have you added all needed files?
have you imported? #import "TFHpple.h"

initWithContentsOfFile:@"http://www.javawizkid.com/"

ehm......you think that it is a file?
download the file with NSUrlConnection or AsiHttpRequest and then load it as file or use initWithContentsOfUrl:myUrl