how to parse HTML in android and execute javascript

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I am trying to figure out how to parse HTML where I should execute javascript.

I was trying a lot of way to do that, but still have nothing

For example:

HTMLUnit - seems to me like the best parser to execute javascript, but when I try to add dependencies getting error, that haven't solved in stackoverflow

Selenium Web Driver. Also looks good, but again a lot of problem with dependencies. And cannot find any examples of that

Rhino. Very limited documentation about integration in android

JSoup. Pretty good, but cannot execute javascript

I will be very thankful who will try me to figure out how to parse HTML with javascript with some examples. Thank you very much

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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You should think of using Appium to parse your HTML webpages on Android. Appium is an extension of Selenium Webdriver providing automation capabilities on Android and iOS.

You can get started from this link: How to setup Appium Environment for Android Automation?

Also, you can execute javascript using appium driver:

js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver; 
js.executeScript("<JAVASCRIPT CODE>");

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answered Jan 13 '16 at 18:42

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Cool. I have some experience with Appium testing. Do you have any examples or articles how to parse HTML with Appium? – Mykola Jan 13 '16 at 19:54
You can use xpath, css, and other locator strategies provided by Appium to parse html and get the values out of HTML – parishodak Jan 14 '16 at 02:07
For some examples refer: http://www.seleniumeasy.com/selenium-tutorials/selenium-locators – parishodak Jan 14 '16 at 02:09
Did you try to parse HTML with Appium? – Mykola Jan 14 '16 at 18:05
please explain your definition of "parse" html – parishodak Jan 14 '16 at 18:06
I mean, that I have site that don't have API, so I need to parse HTML to get all data from site – Mykola Jan 14 '16 at 18:08
hmm, i am only able to vaguely understand your requirement. try getPageSource() metiond of driver: https://selenium.googlecode.com/git/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.html#getPageSource-- – parishodak Jan 14 '16 at 18:14
do you understand what I wanna do?\ – Mykola Jan 14 '16 at 18:53

how to parse HTML in android and execute javascript

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