Matching two lines of HTML code with a web page's code? [closed]

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9 years ago

I am using rprxoy to get the date when a player joined ROBLOX, but it seems Lua can't match two lines of HTML code next to each other to the page's code.

This is the code that isn't working:

01--  I haven't included some of the other variables in this piece of code
02local link = "http://rproxy.pw/users/" ..id.. "/profile"
03------------------------------ important v
04local cut = [[<p class="stat-title">Join Date</p><p class="rbx-lead">%.+</p>]] -- the code I am searching for
05------------------------------ important ^
06local html
07local success,msg = pcall(function() html = serv:GetAsync(link,false) end)
08if success then
09    print("works")
10    local find = html:match(cut)
11    if find then
12        print("found")
13        return find
14    else
15        return "Cannot Get Join Date"
16    end
17else
18    return "Cannot Get Join Date"
19end

So how would I do this? Info on the profile page often has the same lines of code, with the only difference between them being located in the %.+ I have included in the cut variable.

NOTE TO MODS: I have seen a question like this before, but I can't find it again :/

Are you getting any output? GullibleChapV2 155 — 9y

No, but the function is returning "Cannot Get Join Date", which means the match() returned nil. TheDeadlyPanther 2460 — 9y

Well I'm not one to use the HttpService often, so I'm afraid I'm the wrong guy to help you. GullibleChapV2 155 — 9y

Damn, nvm. TheDeadlyPanther 2460 — 9y

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