VMware HTTP Reverse Proxy

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When scraping dates from a website using Java, the SimpleDateFormat class is commonly used for parsing and formatting dates. Below is an example demonstrating how to scrape dates from a webpage and parse them using SimpleDateFormat. Additionally, you can use a library like Jsoup for HTML parsing.

Make sure to replace the URL, HTML parsing logic, and date format patterns with your specific requirements.

import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class DateScrapingExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String url = "https://example.com"; // Replace with the URL of the webpage containing dates

        try {
            // Fetch HTML content using Jsoup
            Document document = Jsoup.connect(url).get();

            // Replace the following logic with the actual HTML parsing logic for dates
            Element dateElement = document.selectFirst(".date-selector"); // Replace with the appropriate selector
            String dateString = dateElement.text(); // Get the text content of the element

            // Parse the date using SimpleDateFormat
            SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
            Date parsedDate = inputFormat.parse(dateString);

            // Format the date for display
            SimpleDateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM d, yyyy 'at' h:mm a");
            String formattedDate = outputFormat.format(parsedDate);

            // Print the formatted date
            System.out.println("Scraped Date: " + formattedDate);
        } catch (IOException | ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

In this example:

• We use the Jsoup library to fetch the HTML content from the specified URL.
• We assume there is an HTML element with a class name of "date-selector" containing the date text. Adjust the selector based on the structure of the webpage you are scraping.
• The SimpleDateFormat class is used to parse the scraped date string into a Date object using the specified input format.
• Another SimpleDateFormat is used to format the date into a more readable output format.

Note: Make sure to handle exceptions appropriately, and adjust the date format patterns according to the actual format used on the webpage.

Selenium WebDriver does not directly create an Internet Explorer (IE) session but instead launches the IE browser. This is because WebDriver is designed to interact with the browser through its WebDriver API, which is different from the native browser session.

When you use Selenium WebDriver with Internet Explorer, it starts the IE browser in a new window, and then you can interact with the browser using the WebDriver API. This allows you to perform actions like navigating to a web page, finding elements, and interacting with them.

It's important to note that Internet Explorer is no longer recommended for use in production environments, and Microsoft has discontinued its development. Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Edge as a more modern and secure alternative. If you need to use Edge with Selenium, you can follow the same approach as with Internet Explorer, using the ChromeDriverService and ChromeOptions classes.

To save cookies in SQLite3 using Selenium, you'll need to follow these steps:

1. Install the required packages: Make sure you have Selenium and SQLite3 installed. You can install SQLite3 using pip:

pip install sqlite3

2. Connect to the SQLite3 database: Before saving cookies to SQLite3, you need to establish a connection to the database.

import sqlite3

# Connect to the SQLite3 database (or create it if it doesn't exist)
conn = sqlite3.connect("cookies.db")
cursor = conn.cursor()

# Create the cookies table if it doesn't exist
cursor.execute("""
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cookies (
    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    name TEXT NOT NULL,
    value TEXT NOT NULL,
    domain TEXT NOT NULL,
    path TEXT NOT NULL,
    expiry TEXT NOT NULL
)
""")

# Commit the changes and close the connection
conn.commit()
conn.close()

3. Save cookies to SQLite3 using Selenium: In your Selenium code, you can save cookies to the SQLite3 database by iterating through the cookies in the browser and inserting them into the database.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import sqlite3

# Set the path to the ChromeDriver executable
chrome_driver_path = "path/to/chromedriver"

# Set the preference to save downloaded files with a specific name pattern
options = Options()
options.add_argument("download.default_directory='path/to/download/folder'")
options.add_argument(f"download.download_path='path/to/download/folder'")
options.add_preference("download.filename_template", "%f - %r")

# Initialize the Chrome WebDriver with the specified options
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chrome_driver_path, options=options)

# Your Selenium code goes here

# Connect to the SQLite3 database
conn = sqlite3.connect("cookies.db")
cursor = conn.cursor()

# Get all cookies from the browser
cookies = driver.get_cookies()

# Insert cookies into the SQLite3 database
for cookie in cookies:
    cursor.execute("""
    INSERT INTO cookies (name, value, domain, path, expiry)
    VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
    """, (cookie['name'], cookie['value'], cookie['domain'], cookie['path'], cookie['expiry']))

# Commit the changes and close the connection
conn.commit()
conn.close()

# Your code to save the cookies to SQLite3

# Close the browser
driver.quit()

Replace path/to/chromedriver, path/to/download/folder, and %f - %r with the appropriate values for your setup.

This example saves the cookies from the browser to the SQLite3 database. You can modify the code to load cookies from the database and set them in the browser as needed.

To add a site to proxy exceptions, you need to configure your proxy settings to bypass the proxy for specific domains or websites. The process may vary depending on the browser or operating system you are using. Here, I will provide instructions for popular web browsers:

Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome.
- Click on the three dots (⠇) in the top right corner of the Chrome window.
- Select "Settings" from the dropdown menu.
- Scroll down and click on "Advanced" at the bottom of the page.
- Under the "System" section, click on "Open proxy settings."
- In the Windows Settings window, go to the "Exceptions" tab.
- Click on the "Add" button.
- Enter the domain or IP address of the site you want to add to the exceptions list in the "Address" field.
- Click "OK" to save the exception.

Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Mozilla Firefox.
- Click on the three lines (⠇) in the top right corner of the Firefox window.
- Select "Options" or "Preferences" from the dropdown menu.
- Go to the "General" tab, and click on "Settings..." in the "Network Proxy" section.
- In the Connection Settings window, click on "Settings..." under the "Dial-up networking" section.
- In the Internet Properties window, go to the "Security" tab.
- Click on "Restricted Sites" and then "Sites."
- Click on "Add" and enter the domain or IP address of the site you want to add to the exceptions list.
- Click "Close" and then "OK" to save the exception.