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Get a websites headers text (<h1>) with httpservice and print it?
How would I get the headers text from any website with httpservice?
I tried and it just printed everything.
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WebsiteHtmlString:match('<h1>(.*)</h1>') --That might help whoever is willing to take on this question. M39a9am3R 3210 — 8y
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you printed the html UniversalDreams 205 — 8y
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I disagree with your use of the greedy match, M39a9am3R User#6546 35 — 8y
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String patterns
Oh do I love these things
You're going to want to extract it using string.match.
local FirstH1 = HttpService:GetAsync("http://www.example.com/"):match('<h1>(.-)</h1>');
Why does it work?
string.match takes two arguments - The string to match against, and the pattern to match with. Because the string library is inherited by all strings, match can be called as a method of a string. This in turn means that the returned string is implied as the first argument. The pattern is therefore the 'first' argument, which works like so:
<h1>matches <h1>( )is a capture. This is the part thatmatchreturns when it finds it..matches any character.-matches the preceding set 0 or more times, using a non-greedy matching: It will match as few occurrences as possible to satisfy the pattern.</h1>matches </h1>