Access to DOM data from jit.uldl ??

Djondub's icon

Hey

Does anyone know how to view the source content of a webpage coming from jit.uldl in DOM mode /as an HTML view?

For example in a facebook page, if I want to extract the number of fans(601 people like this):
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125962647450981&ref=ts

If I look at the page source, the info I'm looking for is not there. I know the info is there because in firefox when I select this part and right-click 'show selection source' it shows me the data I want (DOM source of selection).

Does anyone know how I can get to that DOM view from jit.uldl?

Many thanks
Jon
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Luke Hall's icon

I can't see on that page how where it says how many people "like" it. I can see the number of people attending the event though. It might be a sign in problem. You can't always see certain information on facebook if you're not signed in or a member of a certain group ("like"-er of a page now, I think).

There's no way as far as I know using [jit.uldl] to sign in so you can view what would otherwise be hidden data. If you can find a page that shows the information and is publicly visible then you might have more luck.

lh

Brian Gruber's icon

there is no "like" for events, but facebook does have a nice machine-readable (JSON) api that lets you get whatever information it is you want. For the general information about the event above, use:
http://graph.facebook.com/125962647450981

You can also get lists of who's attending, invited, etc. by getting
http://graph.facebook.com/$IDNUMBER/attending
The full list for events is at http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/event.

However, getting any non-public information (like who is attending something) requires jumping through an OAuth hoop.

Brian Gruber's icon

(and jumping through that OAuth hoop is totally doable with jweb)

Djondub's icon

Thanks Brian very helpful!