Hi I want to send a number of Postcodes e.g. 1000-002 to this website:
http://www.ctt.pt/feapl_2/app/open/postalCodeSearch/postalCodeSearch.jspx#addressSearchPanel
and return the addresses in the e.g.
Rua dos AçoresIs this possible with FME? If so any suggestions how to set this up? Many Thanks.
If they offer an API you would be able to use the HTTPCaller in FME to send requests. I can't seem to find one though (but I don't speak Portugese)
Hi @denby, I peeked the source HTML document of the page, and found this <form> element.
<form id="addressSearchForm" action="#addressSearchPanel" method="post" data-abide="ajax" class="panel">
<div class="form-inline-label">
<label for="cp4">Codigo Postal<span class="required">* </span></label>
</div>
<div class="medium-3 columns">
<input type="text" name="cp4" maxlength="4" value="" id="cp4Field" data-msg-required="Campo obrigatorio" data-msg-pattern="Valor entre 1000 e 9999." data-rule-required="true" aria-required="" data-rule-pattern="^-1-9]i0-9]"0-9]"0-9]$"/>
</div>
<div class="medium-2 columns">
<input type="text" name="cp3" maxlength="3" value="" id="cp3Field" data-msg-required="Campo obrigatorio" data-msg-pattern="Introduza 3 digitos." data-rule-required="true" aria-required="" data-rule-pattern="^0-9]i0-9]s0-9]$"/>
</div>
<div class="form-inline-buttons">
<input id="addressSearchClear" type="button" class="button secondary" value="Limpar" />
<button type="submit" id="button_search" name="method:searchPC2" value="Procurar">Procurar</button>
</div>
</form>
So, the HTTPCaller with these parameters setting will get your desired response.
In the response body, the result appears as this <div> element.
<div class="highlighted-result text-left">
<h4 class="subheader">Rua dos Açores</h4>
<h4 class="subheader">Ímpares de 23 a 47</h4>
<h3 class="subheader">Lisboa</h3>
<h2>1000-002 LISBOA</h2>
</div>
You can extract the element from the response body with the HTMLExtractor.
Then, it would be easy to parse the <div> element to extract individual items.
Hope this helps.
Hi @denby, I peeked the source HTML document of the page, and found this <form> element.
<form id="addressSearchForm" action="#addressSearchPanel" method="post" data-abide="ajax" class="panel">
<div class="form-inline-label">
<label for="cp4">Codigo Postal<span class="required">* </span></label>
</div>
<div class="medium-3 columns">
<input type="text" name="cp4" maxlength="4" value="" id="cp4Field" data-msg-required="Campo obrigatorio" data-msg-pattern="Valor entre 1000 e 9999." data-rule-required="true" aria-required="" data-rule-pattern="^-1-9]i0-9]"0-9]"0-9]$"/>
</div>
<div class="medium-2 columns">
<input type="text" name="cp3" maxlength="3" value="" id="cp3Field" data-msg-required="Campo obrigatorio" data-msg-pattern="Introduza 3 digitos." data-rule-required="true" aria-required="" data-rule-pattern="^0-9]i0-9]s0-9]$"/>
</div>
<div class="form-inline-buttons">
<input id="addressSearchClear" type="button" class="button secondary" value="Limpar" />
<button type="submit" id="button_search" name="method:searchPC2" value="Procurar">Procurar</button>
</div>
</form>
So, the HTTPCaller with these parameters setting will get your desired response.
In the response body, the result appears as this <div> element.
<div class="highlighted-result text-left">
<h4 class="subheader">Rua dos Açores</h4>
<h4 class="subheader">Ímpares de 23 a 47</h4>
<h3 class="subheader">Lisboa</h3>
<h2>1000-002 LISBOA</h2>
</div>
You can extract the element from the response body with the HTMLExtractor.
Then, it would be easy to parse the <div> element to extract individual items.
Hope this helps.
I agree with @redgeographics if there is no API available the the only way is as @takashi proposed by posting to the site, but I wonder if the site is made for posting data into it.