Re: trying to parse lines from an awkwardly formatted HAR file ...
On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 11:55:04AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 09:54:05AM -0500, Albretch Mueller wrote:
> > 1) That HAR file is not properly formatted. Instead of
> > "attribute":value pairs in the standard way, they have used front
> > slash + quote pairs (instead of just quotes) erratically all around
> > the file. That is why you can't use jq.
>
> That is not what I see in the file which I pasted here.
Further investigation:
https://google.com/search?q=what+is+a+HAR+file
https://www.keycdn.com/support/what-is-a-har-file
Jan 12, 2023 — A HAR file is primarily used for identifying
performance issues, such as bottlenecks and slow load times, and page
rendering problems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAR_(file_format)
The HTTP Archive format, or HAR, is a JSON-formatted archive file
format for logging of a web browser's interaction with a site.
...
This document was never published by the Web Performance Working Group
and has been abandoned.
So, putting these together, it looks like you are taking a file that
was intended to be used for diagnosing browser/network performance
issues, and attempting to use this in place of a downloadable index
of documents from archive.org.
Furthermore, whatever method you are using to *create* this HAR file
is questionable, since apparently you aren't even getting a properly
formatted file in the end.
This tells me we're deep inside an X-Y problem. The original goal is
possibly something like "I want an index of all the books about this
Greek dude". Maybe start from there, and see what answers you get.
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