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Extract link from Google Search Results Page

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Posted on 22 Jan 2025 16:49:38 by hello11

Hi Community,

I am having trouble extracting links from 3 first results on Google Search.

Example below:

I have already tryed GET DETAILS FROM WEB PAGE (HREF) or EXTRACT DATA FROM WEBPAGE, but each new result from a search list (for example: "basketball list of teams", "football UK teams", "football Spain teams") it doesn't go through.

So this will be an iteraction and after I am write in a spreedsheet.

How can I extract data without specifying an IU Element.

Thanks in advance!

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hello11 44 on 23 Jan 2025 at 14:22:30

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Extract link from Google Search Results Page

Hi @Deenuji_Loganathan_

Thank you for the reply.

Your suggestion does not attend my problem.

How can I extract full url with UI Element (Href) from Google Search Results?

Thanks!
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Deenuji_Loganathan_ 6,107 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 23 Jan 2025 at 04:58:29

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Extract link from Google Search Results Page

Hi There,

You may consider the below approach to achieve your goal.

Only you need little bit cleansing work before you merge your scrapped data into master table. Please take of that part.

Code(Copy and paste the below code and paste into your power automate desktop app but please note recapture the populate text and press button element):

Variables.CreateNewList List=> List Variables.AddItemToList Item: $'''basketball list of teams''' List: List Variables.AddItemToList Item: $'''football UK teams''' List: List Variables.AddItemToList Item: $'''football Spain teams''' List: List WebAutomation.LaunchEdge.LaunchEdge Url: $'''www.google.com''' WindowState: WebAutomation.BrowserWindowState.Maximized ClearCache: False ClearCookies: False WaitForPageToLoadTimeout: 60 Timeout: 60 PiPUserDataFolderMode: WebAutomation.PiPUserDataFolderModeEnum.AutomaticProfile TargetDesktop: $'''{\"DisplayName\":\"Local computer\",\"Route\":{\"ServerType\":\"Local\",\"ServerAddress\":\"\"},\"DesktopType\":\"local\"}''' BrowserInstance=> Browser Variables.CreateNewDatatable InputTable: { ^[] } DataTable=> MasterTable LOOP FOREACH CurrentItem IN List WebAutomation.PopulateTextField.PopulateTextFieldUsePhysicalKeyboard BrowserInstance: Browser Control: appmask['Web Page \'https://www.google.com/\'']['Text area \'Search\''] Text: CurrentItem Mode: WebAutomation.PopulateTextMode.Replace UnfocusAfterPopulate: True WaitForPageToLoadTimeout: 60 WebAutomation.PressButton.PressButton BrowserInstance: Browser Control: appmask['Web Page \'https://www.google.com/\'']['Input submit \'Google Search\''] WaitForPageToLoadTimeout: 60 WebAutomation.ExtractData.ExtractTable BrowserInstance: Browser Control: $'''html > body > div:eq(2) > div > div:eq(12) > div > div:eq(0) > div:eq(1) > div:eq(1) > div > div > div''' ExtractionParameters: {[$'''div > div > div > div:eq(0) > div > div > span > a''', $'''Href''', $'''''', $'''Value #1'''], [$'''div > div > div:eq(0) > div > div > span > a''', $'''Href''', $'''''', $'''Value #2'''] } PostProcessData: False TimeoutInSeconds: 60 ExtractedData=> DataFromWebPage Variables.MergeDataTables FirstDataTable: MasterTable SecondDataTable: DataFromWebPage MergeMode: Variables.MergeMode.AddExtraColumns WebAutomation.GoToWebPage.GoToWebPage BrowserInstance: Browser Url: $'''www.google.com''' WaitForPageToLoadTimeout: 60 END

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