CODEWITHSUNDEEP
google-apps-script
user1788736
user1788736

Reputation: 2845

How to search for a string in UrlFetchApp.fetch response?

I am trying to search for a string in urlfetchapp response using JavaScript indexof but i get error! could you guys tell me what i am doing wrong here and how to look for string in url's source code?

**this is error:**TypeError: Cannot find function indexOf in object

var url = "http://www.bbc.com";
var options =
  {
    headers : {'Cache-Control' : 'max-age=0'}
  };
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options)


if(response.indexOf("sun shine")>-1)
  {
    var myVar="string found";
     SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('a1').setValue(myVar); 
  }

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1279

Answers (1)

Robin Gertenbach
Robin Gertenbach

Reputation: 10796

UrlFetchApp.fetch returns an HTTPResponse object which doesn't have an indexOf method. If you are trying to parse the content of the webpage you could try the following which returns a string and can be searched.

var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options).getContentText();

Upvotes: 1

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