XCode: How can I input javascript into UIWebView to click on a link (but the link is different each time)

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I am trying to click on a link in a webpage (which is always a different hyperlink but has the same text e.g. "Prev Day") with UIWebView. How can I do this once a UIButton is touched?

This is the HTML code (just of the link which needs to be clicked) of the webpage:

<tr><td><DIV align=center><A class=ROLLOVER href=" http://www.dhsb.org/index.phtml?d=201435&amp;de=0&amp;my_child_timetable_date=1322638827" t="e" v=" http://www.dhsb.org/index.phtml?d=201435&amp;de=0&amp;my_child_timetable_date=1322638827"><FONT size=2>Prev Day</FONT></A>

Maybe the UIWebView can look for the text "Prev Day" then look for a hyperlink associated with it and click on it?

Matt H · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-01 19:57:35Z

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You can inject javascript into the UIWebView to click the link, e.g.

var fonts = document.getElementsByTagName('font');
for(i=0;i<fonts.length;i++) {
  if (fonts[i].innerHTML == 'Prev Day') {
    fonts[i].parentNode.childNodes[0].click();
    break;
  }
}

answered Dec 1, 2011 at 19:57

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pixelbitlabs Over a year ago

this doesn't work unfortunately. Is there another way of doing this? :-)

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