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.

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Answer 1

To get the tabular data (keeping the format as it is) from that page, you can try like below:

 Sub Fetch_Data()
    Dim http As New XMLHTTP60, html As New HTMLDocument
    Dim posts As Object, post As Object, elem As Object
    Dim row As Long, col As Long

    With http
        .Open "GET", "https://rasmusrhl.github.io/stuff/", False
        .send
        html.body.innerHTML = .responseText
    End With

    Set posts = html.getElementsByClassName("gmisc_table")(0)

    For Each post In posts.Rows
        For Each elem In post.Cells
            col = col + 1: Cells(row + 1, col).NumberFormat = "@": Cells(row + 1, col) = elem.innerText
        Next elem
        col = 0
        row = row + 1
    Next post
End Sub

Reference to add to the library:

1. Microsoft HTML Object Library
2. Microsoft XML, v6.0  'or whatever version you have

This is how that portion looks like when get parsed.

Answer 2

Try this, to import the data as a table:

Sub ImportDataAsTable()
    ActiveWorkbook.Queries.Add Name:="Table 0", Formula:= _
        "let" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & "    Source = Web.Page(Web.Contents(""https://rasmusrhl.github.io/stuff/""))," & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & "    Data0 = Source{0}[Data]," & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & "    #""Changed Type"" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Data0,{{""tailnum"", type text}, {"""", type text}, {""Some text goes here. It is long and does not break Machine type (make) year"", type text}, {""Some text goes here. It is long and does not break Mach" & _
        "ine type (make) type"", type text}, {""Some text goes here. It is long and does not break Machine type (make) manufacturer"", type text}, {""Some text goes here. It is long and does not break"", type text}, {""Some text goes here. It is long and does not break Specification of machine model"", type text}, {""Some text goes here. It is long and does not break Specifi" & _
        "cation of machine engines"", type text}, {""Some text goes here. It is long and does not break Specification of machine seats"", type text}, {""Some text goes here. It is long and does not break Specification of machine speed"", type text}, {""Some text goes here. It is long and does not break Specification of machine engine"", type text}, {""2"", type text}, {""Oth" & _
        "er text goes here Other variables s1"", type text}, {""Other text goes here Other variables s2"", type text}})" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & "in" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & "    #""Changed Type"""
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Add
    With ActiveSheet.ListObjects.Add(SourceType:=0, Source:= _
        "OLEDB;Provider=Microsoft.Mashup.OleDb.1;Data Source=$Workbook$;Location=""Table 0"";Extended Properties=""""" _
        , Destination:=Range("$A$1")).QueryTable
        .CommandType = xlCmdSql
        .CommandText = Array("SELECT * FROM [Table 0]")
        .RowNumbers = False
        .FillAdjacentFormulas = False
        .PreserveFormatting = True
        .RefreshOnFileOpen = False
        .BackgroundQuery = True
        .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
        .SavePassword = False
        .SaveData = True
        .AdjustColumnWidth = True
        .RefreshPeriod = 0
        .PreserveColumnInfo = True
        .ListObject.DisplayName = "Table_0"
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
    End With
End Sub

Answer 3

<style type=text/css>
    td {mso-number-format: '\@';}
</style>
<table ...

Putting the above global style definition for the cells (<td>s) on the output you generate using R or rewriting the document on the client side like below just works.

Sub importhtml()
    '*********** HTML document rewrite process ***************
    Const TableUrl = "https://rasmusrhl.github.io/stuff"

    Const adTypeBinary = 1, adSaveCreateOverWrite = 2, TemporaryFolder = 2
    Dim tempFilePath, binData() As Byte

    With CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
        tempFilePath = .BuildPath(.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder), .GetTempName() & ".html")
    End With

    'download HTML document
    With CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
        .Open "GET", TableUrl, False
        .Send
        If .Status <> 200 Then Err.Raise 3, "importhtml", "200 expected"
        binData = .ResponseBody
    End With

    With CreateObject("Adodb.Stream")
        .Charset = "x-ansi"
        .Open
        .WriteText "<style type=text/css>td {mso-number-format:'\@';}</style>"
        .Position = 0 'move to start
        .Type = adTypeBinary 'change stream type
        .Position = .Size 'move to end
        .Write binData 'append binary data end of stream
        .SaveToFile tempFilePath, adSaveCreateOverWrite 'save temporary file
        .Close
    End With
    '*********** HTML document rewrite process ***************

    With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
        "URL;" & tempFilePath, Destination:=Range("$A$1"))
        'load HTML document from rewritten local copy

        .Name = "stuff"
        .FieldNames = True
        .RowNumbers = False
        .FillAdjacentFormulas = False
        .PreserveFormatting = False
        .RefreshOnFileOpen = False
        .BackgroundQuery = True
        .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
        .SavePassword = False
        .SaveData = True
        .AdjustColumnWidth = True
        .RefreshPeriod = 0
        .WebSelectionType = xlEntirePage
        .WebFormatting = xlWebFormattingAll
        .WebPreFormattedTextToColumns = True
        .WebConsecutiveDelimitersAsOne = True
        .WebSingleBlockTextImport = False
        .WebDisableDateRecognition = True
        .WebDisableRedirections = False
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False

    End With

    Kill tempFilePath
End Sub