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GTI.H wrote: ↑February 26th, 2019, 11:53 pm Thanks jsmorley!

With your explanation, everything is easier.
Thank you, now I understand!

OK!
We are demanding a lot from WebParser, but would it be possible for Rainmeter to download the website via web browser (Chrome), and use WebParser or another to extract the information from the downloaded file?

jsmorley wrote: ↑February 27th, 2019, 12:44 amNo, sorry.

jsmorley wrote: ↑February 27th, 2019, 12:44 am I'm not trying to rain on your parade, I just am trying to describe what Rainmeter can and can't do. You can't use WebParser to parse sites that require a logon to access the information, as WebParser has no idea how to logon or use cookies. You can't parse a site that uses client-side Javascript, as WebParser has no idea what Javascript is, and makes no attempt to execute it.

You need to find a resource that you can get at for this information if there is one, or perhaps it is time to explore that Lua solution.

GTI.H wrote: ↑February 27th, 2019, 2:14 am WebParser can not extract information from this file here ?

balala wrote: ↑February 27th, 2019, 8:52 am Probably it can, but that file is saved by you from Chrome (I suppose). Later, when the content of the site changes, how will you get the new file? Will you save it every day, then use Rainmeter to get the information? I doubt...
Believe jsmorley and me: there is no way to use Rainmeter to capture the needed information from that site. Try to find another one, which doesn't use java scripts to show up the information, or alternatively take into account to use a lua script file, to make the needed calculation, as suggested. It's not so hard as you're affraid of it.

GTI.H wrote: ↑February 27th, 2019, 3:51 pm I thought of using in Rainmeter (with UpdateRate) a small script to open the website in the Browser (Chrome) and save in SDD and then use WebParser in the saved file.

Someone who is good at .lua (or another) could write this little script.

This would open a way for all of us Rainmeter users to be able to use information from a much larger number of websites and information!

Is not that easy? That's not possible?

balala wrote: ↑February 27th, 2019, 4:18 pm I think it's nor easy, nor possible, if I can say so. How would you open the browser, load the site and finally save it? I don't see this as an affordable way. Sorry...

balala wrote: ↑February 27th, 2019, 4:18 pm I think it's nor easy, nor possible, if I can say so. How would you open the browser, load the site and finally save it? I don't see this as an affordable way. Sorry...

$ie = new-object -ComObject "InternetExplorer.Application"
$url = "https://www.mooncalc.org/#/48.8583,2.2945,17/2019.02.27/20:18/324.0/1"
$ie.silent = $true
$ie.navigate($url)
while($ie.Busy) { Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 100 }
Start-Sleep 3
$ie.Document.documentElement.innerHTML > "$PSScriptRoot\output.html"
$ie.Stop()
$ie.Quit()