question about extracting HTML anchors

[conception_native_0123]

in VBA, this is all that is needed in order to extract an 'a' tag's hyperlink address using internet explorer:

aTagVal = ie.Document.getElementsByTagName("a")(0)

so for this code:

<a href="https://rachael-adamiak.square.site" target="_blank">View Website</a>

my code gets this:

https://rachael-adamiak.square.site

but should it not get this instead?

View Website

my code is asking for the 'a''s value, not the HREF, which is what is technically being returned. HREF is a property of the element 'a', so I would assume that more code would be needed. I'm just curious. anyone else done this? thanks.

 

[arnelgp]

internetexplorer.application will not work with the new edge (or windows 0/11?).
so you will need to shift to xmlhttp object.

you can then manually look for <a href>, clean that part of the text and
just extract "View Website".

 

[conception_native_0123]

internetexplorer.application will not work with the new edge (or windows 0/11?).

i'm using microsoft internet controls. IE still works with that. but i'm still on win 10.

 

[conception_native_0123]

xmlhttp object.

what library is that in?