WEB SEARCH

[OscariBot]

Hi guys.

Macrodroid is a very wonderful android tool, kudos to the dev.
I am thinking of using macrodroid as a web search tool. This will return a search result in a variable then scrap the result to the most valuable summary.
E.g searching for "ANT" on google or any search engin will return a huge bunch of info to my variable. How do i scrap the text to the first few lines which actualy define "ANT" in summary.
This macro will be more like a web dictionary. I belive macrodroid has a way around this.

Help guys
Thanks

 

[FrameXX]

This macro will be more like a web dictionary.

I am not sure if search engines are a best for scrapping information about the word. Search engines are not dictionaries for words. They are dictionaries for websites. Even if you would want to use search engine like Google the HTTP request action would return a website source and scraping information from it would be painfull. You would need to use a website that has a proper API and its responses allow for easy information scraping.

Take a look at this macro from GiraffeCubed. That could be what you want.

http://www.macrodroid.com/macrostore?id=11459

Note that you need to uppercase first letter to get the definition.

 

[OscariBot]

Thanks for your responds
But d webpage http://www.macrodroid.com/macrostore?id=11459 is not available.
Please i really need idea on this. U are right about search engin but
Is it possible to query the offline dictionary database in my phone from macrodroid? All i wanted is d result in a variable.

Thanks

 

[FrameXX]

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Thanks for your responds
But d webpage http://www.macrodroid.com/macrostore?id=11459

Go to MacroDroid template store and search for 'id=11459'.

 

[OscariBot]

Oh thanks . .. The the info was really helpful

 

[EmilTurner]

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