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Just want to share a way to get data from a webview to your script without using a server. Not sure if this is useful for anyone. I'm sure you can do anything... form data etc. I had the idea when I was thinking about a project and thought this should be possible.

I had asked about this somewhere before and it seemed like running a server is the answer but it seems like much more stuff to do. This could be a simpler way.

Thanks omz for your help with the activity indicator objc!

# coding: utf-8

import ui
import urllib
from objc_util import *

#a way to 'cheat' and get data from a webview to the script without using a server. 
#uses javascript and the webview delegate to deliver data back to the script (kind of like an urlscheme for your script)
#
#this is just a quick sample to show the possibility

class WebViewDataReceiver (ui.View):
    def __init__(self, html, flex='WH'):
        self.w = ui.WebView(flex='WH')
        self.w.delegate = self
        self.w.scales_page_to_fit = False
        self.w.load_html(html)
        self.add_subview(self.w)
        self.present()

    def webview_should_start_load(self, webview, url, nav_type):
        #need to filter the url; better to use a kind of urlscheme. 
        #recommend starting with something like myscript://
        if url.startswith('myscript://'):
            self.name = urllib.unquote(url.split('myscript://')[1])

            #stop the activity indicator; necessary
            UIApplication.sharedApplication().setNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible_(False) 
            return False
        else:
            return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
    html = '''<a onclick="location.href='myscript://Ha! Click-bait!'">Click here</a>'''

    WebViewDataReceiver(html)

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