The log files are easy to parse. They're usually just a series of whitespace delimited columns (can't recall if it's space, tab, or some other seperator).
-- Patrick Steele Microsoft .NET MVP http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Cowan Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:13 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] HTTP help That is an option but is parsing the IIS log not a non-trivial affair?? I just wish I could do this on the client by parsing the DOM but if the image was added via an external .js file then it will not be in the DOM unfortunately. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Patrick Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Discussion of advanced .NET topics." ><ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM> >To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM >Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] HTTP help >Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:12:20 -0500 > >What about having some automated process run IE and request the pages >you want to test. Then parse through your IIS logs and look for 404's. >Kind of a round-about way to do it, but at least this way you leave the >HTML parsing and HTTP requests to IE. > >-- >Patrick Steele >Microsoft .NET MVP >http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Cowan >Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 9:58 AM >To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM >Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] HTTP help > > >Thanks Peter, > >It is a long and complicated story but as simply as I can put it, we >have to ensure that a particular .jpg file is on a requested page. My >first thoughts were to use javascript to parse the DOM but we cannot >guarantee that the element was rendered by an external .js file. > >That is the requirement put as simply as I can. > >We want to automate this process. The Html that is coming back is not >XHTML compliant or I would consider using the XmlHTTPRequest object. > >Can you think of a simpler way to achieve this than examining the >HttpResponse. > >Thanks > >Paul > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >From: Peter Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Discussion of advanced .NET topics." > ><ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM> > >To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > >Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] HTTP help > >Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 09:49:08 -0500 > > > >I assume you mean resources linked to via the likes of <img > >href="Image1.jpg">. Those "links" are retrieved as separate HTTP > >requests; and whenever the browser feels like it. There's no > >guarantee > > >they'll be requested adjacent to the original page's request either. > > > >If you want to find out what dependant files page1.aspx links to > >you'll > > >have to parse the HTML returned from page1.aspx looking for "link" > >elements like IMG or LINK. > > > >Why do you need to do this? I ask because it influences how you > >would go about achieving this. > > > >On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:36:46 +0000, Paul Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > >Hi all, > > > > > >Can anyone help me with the following requirements? We want to > > >parse > > > >an HTTP request for a web page and display all the constituent > > >parts that > >make > > >up the web page. That is I want to display all the additional > > >requests > >that > > >are made to make up the whole page (i.e. css, images and javascript > >files). > > >Say I make a request for page1.aspx then the system would log that > > >it > > > >is made up of the following resources: > > > > > >Default.css > > >Modern.css > > >Image1.jpg > > >Script.js > > >Etc., etc. > > > > > >I have no idea how to achieve this, does anybody know?? > > > >=================================== > >This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > > > >View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > >http://discuss.develop.com > >=================================== >This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > >View archives and manage your subscription(s) at >http://discuss.develop.com > >=================================== >This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > >View archives and manage your subscription(s) at >http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
