Convert HTML-table to Excel using VBA

Question

Convert HTML-table to Excel

The code below fetches the HTML-table at https://rasmusrhl.github.io/stuff, and converts it to Excel-format.

The pr

Answer 1

Processing the HTML and then Copying and Pasting it into Excel will

Here are the steps I used:

• CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP"): get the URL's responseText
• CreateObject("HTMLFile"): create a HTML Document from responseText
• Replace grey with black to darken the borders
• Prefix columns s1 and s2 with @ to preserve formatting
• Copy the HTML to the Windows Clipboard
  • Note: The HTML need to enclosed in HTML and Body tags to paste properly
• Setup the destination Worksheet
• Paste the HTML into the Worksheet
• Replace the @ sign with '
  • Note: This preserves the formatting by storing the data as text
• Finish formatting the Worksheet

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Sub LoadTable()
    Const URL = "https://rasmusrhl.github.io/stuff/"
    Dim x As Long
    Dim doc As Object, tbl As Object, rw As Object
    With CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
        .Open "GET", URL, False
        .send
        If .readyState = 4 And .Status = 200 Then
            Set doc = CreateObject("HTMLFile")
            doc.body.innerHTML = .responseText
            doc.body.innerHTML = Replace(doc.body.innerHTML, "grey", "black")
            Set tbl = doc.getElementsByTagName("TABLE")(0)

            For x = 0 To tbl.Rows.Length - 1
                Set rw = tbl.Rows(x)

                If rw.Cells.Length = 14 Then
                    'If InStr(rw.Cells(12).innerText, "-") Or InStr(rw.Cells(12).innerText, "/") Then
                    rw.Cells(12).innerText = "@" & rw.Cells(12).innerText
                    rw.Cells(13).innerText = "@" & rw.Cells(13).innerText
                End If
            Next

            With CreateObject("new:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}")
                .SetText "" & doc.body.innerHTML & ""
                .PutInClipboard
            End With

            With Worksheets("Sheet1")
                .Cells.Clear
                .Range("A1").PasteSpecial
                .Cells.Interior.Color = vbWhite
                .Cells.WrapText = False
                .Columns.AutoFit
                .Columns("M:N").Replace What:="@", Replacement:="'"
            End With

        Else
            MsgBox "URL:  " & vbCrLf & "Ready state: " & .readyState & vbCrLf & "HTTP request status: " & .Status, vbInformation, "URL Not Responding"
        End If
    End With
End Sub