[real]

Hello does anyone know how to Download the images from a website. Say a thread on Macnn that has images that are linked to the thread(Images that are hosted on another site, not the inline images) Right now I can only get automator to Download the gifs and what not that make up the fourm; the smilies, and other interface images that are all 4 KB from the current page in safari. I want the full res images from the link that you guys so offen provide. The are 2 options in automator using the Get Image URL's From Webpage action:
1. On these webpages
2. Linked from these webpages


Any thoughts on how this is done.

real

[Diggory Laycock]

The built-in automator action (from your description) sounds too blunt for what you need.

Try using a lower level of scripting.

I'd suggest using a mix of applescript and javascript (to extract the appropriate img elements from the source).

[php]
tell application "Safari"

set imageURLsList to {} as list
set frontDoc to the front document
-- the domain of the page - we only want external image links
set domainRoot to do JavaScript "document.domain" in frontDoc
-- the number of images in the front document
set numberOfImages to do JavaScript "document.images.length" in frontDoc

repeat with i from 0 to (numberOfImages - 1)
set the JSCode to "document.images[" & i & "].src"
-- try
set thisImageSRC to do JavaScript the JSCode in frontDoc
-- end try
if thisImageSRC does not contain domainRoot then
log ("external image - " & thisImageSRC)
copy thisImageSRC to end of imageURLsList
end if

end repeat
return imageURLsList
end tell
[/php]

n.b. - this will extract URLs of *any* external image from the page - so Sigs, ads etc. may well be included.

[Silky Voice of The Gorn]

Originally Posted by real

Hello does anyone know how to Download the images from a website. Say a thread on Macnn that has images that are linked to the thread(Images that are hosted on another site, not the inline images) Right now I can only get automator to Download the gifs and what not that make up the fourm; the smilies, and other interface images that are all 4 KB from the current page in safari. I want the full res images from the link that you guys so offen provide. The are 2 options in automator using the Get Image URL's From Webpage action:
1. On these webpages
2. Linked from these webpages


Any thoughts on how this is done.

real

Image siphoning with Automator is a mixed bag right now; sometimes it works great, other not. It tends to have problems with script-driven sites, such as blogs and message boards.

You can embed an Applescript like the one above into a workflow; perhaps try this one as a starting point:
http://www.automatorworld.com/2005/0...rive/#comments
Note in the comments it needs editing, but basically hard-coded folder pointing in workflows is problematic when sharing them.

[Diggory Laycock]

Hmm - I thought I'd better experiment with Automator:

http://www.diggory.net/grazing/tiger...torScraper.zip

Is the script as an Automator action.

[real]

Thanks for the help

How do I go about embeding the Apple script in the workflow?


Thanks again for the time

real

[real]

Never mind I should look before posting. I see the "Run Applescript Action"


Diggory Laycock thanks for the Workflow Link.


real

[real]

Thanks again Guys,

Still working on something i find usefull. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.