Re: [privoxy-users] Extract info into global memory?

[Fabian K. <fk...@fa...>]

Gilles <cod...@fr...> wrote:

> I don't know if Privoxy can do this, so figured I should ask.
> 
> I need to extract the number in the Title section (123456) and add a
> link below the existing link:
> =========
> <title>Page #123456</title>
> ...
> <a href='#' class='myclass'>Existing link</a><p>
> <a href='/whatever.php?id=123456' class='myclass'>My new link</a>
> =========
> 
> Is there a way in Privoxy to somehow extract some text from a page,
> put it into global memory, and then read its value in another regex?

You should be able to archive your goal with a single pcrs command:

s@<title>Page \#(\d+)</title>.*<a href='\#' class='myclass'>Existing link</a><p>@\
$0\r\n<a href='/whatever.php?id=$1' class='myclass'>My new link</a>@Ugs

| The result of your filter is:
|
| --- /home/fk/privoxy/pft/original-8849971-file-recieved.html	Sat Sep  3 12:29:26 2011
| +++ /home/fk/privoxy/pft/filtered-8849971-file-recieved.html	Sat Sep  3 12:29:26 2011
| @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
|  <title>Page #123456</title>
|  ....
|  <a href='#' class='myclass'>Existing link</a><p>
| +<a href='/whatever.php?id=123456' class='myclass'>My new link</a>
|  ...

Fabian