Simple browser scripting for content?

mphuie · 01-29-2008, 06:38 PM

As a automated way to get content for my e-reader, I'd like to be at a page, be able to click a scriptlet/bookmarklet (whatever you call it), and have the browser save the page and send it a processing script (rip out html, convert, copy/email, etc..).

I've noticed that for a lot of long articles that I don't have time to read, it'd be nice to have a 'a one click send to e-reader' function for later reading.

This sounds easy to do, but does anyone know how I can do it? It should be as easy as saving the rendered HTML to a temporary file then calling a command line script with the path as the parameter. Preferably in firefox, but any browser will do.

FWIW, I have a Mac program called yflicks has this functionality (navigate to a youtube page and click a scriptlet->download the movie), so I'm pretty sure sure its possible.

igorsk · 01-29-2008, 08:30 PM

GreaseMonkey maybe? Not sure if you can do disk writing and call programs from it though.

kovidgoyal · 01-29-2008, 08:38 PM

google it someone set up an automator script to integrate libprs500 with safari a while back.

01-29-2008, 06:38 PM	#1
mphuie Member Posts: 11 Karma: 16 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: nokia 770	Simple browser scripting for content? As a automated way to get content for my e-reader, I'd like to be at a page, be able to click a scriptlet/bookmarklet (whatever you call it), and have the browser save the page and send it a processing script (rip out html, convert, copy/email, etc..). I've noticed that for a lot of long articles that I don't have time to read, it'd be nice to have a 'a one click send to e-reader' function for later reading. This sounds easy to do, but does anyone know how I can do it? It should be as easy as saving the rendered HTML to a temporary file then calling a command line script with the path as the parameter. Preferably in firefox, but any browser will do. FWIW, I have a Mac program called yflicks has this functionality (navigate to a youtube page and click a scriptlet->download the movie), so I'm pretty sure sure its possible. Last edited by mphuie; 01-29-2008 at 06:51 PM.

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01-29-2008, 08:30 PM	#2
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	GreaseMonkey maybe? Not sure if you can do disk writing and call programs from it though.

01-29-2008, 08:38 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	google it someone set up an automator script to integrate libprs500 with safari a while back.

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