PureBasic

Setting a Maximum URL Length

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The MaxUrlLen property prevents the spider from retrieving URLs that grow too long. The default value of MaxUrlLen is 300. PureBasic

IncludeFile "CkSpider.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    spider.i = CkSpider::ckCreate()
    If spider.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkSpider::ckInitialize(spider,"www.chilkatsoft.com")

    ; Add the 1st URL:
    CkSpider::ckAddUnspidered(spider,"http://www.chilkatsoft.com/")

    ; This example demonstrates setting the MaxUrlLen property
    ; Do not add URLs longer than 250 characters to the "unspidered" queue:
    CkSpider::setCkMaxUrlLen(spider, 250)

    ; ..


    CkSpider::ckDispose(spider)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure