losungepaper/http_grab.ino

#include <HTTPClient.h>

String textBeginString = "<b>";
String textEndString = "</b><br>";
String sourceBeginString = textEndString;  // because source begins where text ends
String sourceEndString = "</font></p>";

String getHTML(String url) {
  String result = "";
  if(WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) {
    HTTPClient http;
    http.begin(url);  // initialize the http instance
    int httpCode = http.GET();  // get the page; httpCode will be negative on error

    if(httpCode > 0) {
      // HTTP header has been send and Server response header has been handled
      Serial.printf("[HTTP] GET: %d\n", httpCode);

      // file found at server
      if(httpCode == HTTP_CODE_OK) {
          result = http.getString();
      }
    } else {
        Serial.printf("[HTTP] GET: %s\n", http.errorToString(httpCode).c_str());
    }

    http.end();
  }
  return result;
}
String getHTML() {  // gets the date and year from time.h library
  struct tm timeinfo;
  char dayInMonth[3];
  char month[3];
  char year[5];

  if(!getLocalTime(&timeinfo)){
    Serial.println("Failed to obtain time");
    return "";
  }
  strftime(dayInMonth,3, "%d", &timeinfo);
  strftime(month,3, "%m", &timeinfo);
  strftime(year,5, "%Y", &timeinfo);

  return getHTML(String("https://www.losungen.de/fileadmin/media-losungen/heute/") + String(year) + String("/") + String(month) + String(dayInMonth) + String(".html"));
}

String getLosungFromHTML(String html) {
  int losungBeginIndex = html.indexOf(textBeginString)+textBeginString.length();
  int losungEndIndex = html.indexOf(textEndString);

  return html.substring(losungBeginIndex, losungEndIndex);
}

String getLehrtextFromHTML(String html) {
  String losung = getLosungFromHTML(html);
  int losungIndex = html.indexOf(losung);
  int lehrtextBeginIndex = html.indexOf(textBeginString, losungIndex)+textBeginString.length();
  int lehrtextEndIndex = html.indexOf(textEndString, losungIndex+losung.length()+textEndString.length());  // calculating is needed for better performance and to get the second index, not the first

  return html.substring(lehrtextBeginIndex, lehrtextEndIndex);
}

String getLosungSourceFromHTML(String html) {  // get the source of losung in given html
  int losungSourceBeginIndex = html.indexOf(sourceBeginString)+sourceBeginString.length();
  int losungSourceEndIndex = html.indexOf(sourceEndString);

  return html.substring(losungSourceBeginIndex, losungSourceEndIndex);
}

String getLehrtextSourceFromHTML(String html) {  // get the source of losung in given html
  String losungSource = getLosungSourceFromHTML(html);
  int losungSourceIndex = html.indexOf(losungSource);
  int lehrtextSourceBeginIndex = html.indexOf(sourceBeginString, losungSourceIndex)+sourceBeginString.length();
  int lehrtextSourceEndIndex = html.indexOf(sourceEndString, losungSourceIndex+losungSource.length()+sourceEndString.length());  // calculating is needed for better performance and to get the second index, not the first

  return html.substring(lehrtextSourceBeginIndex, lehrtextSourceEndIndex);
}