I'm trying to automate a process using VBA whereby a .csv file is downloaded from a website and a particular column copied into a workbook and plotted against another column in the workbook (after which the .csv is discarded). The process requires a login, some navigation, and some inputs to select the data resolution and some other things. I've got most of it figured out, but I'm having issues with downloading the file. The URL will be different almost every time, and the download button seems to run some Javascript behind the scenes. I'm a total noob to VBA and HTML, and I'd like to avoid playing around with POST requests and JSON if I can.
One other thing I'm able to do is pull up a standard, comma-delimited text of the .csv in an IE window. Does anyone know if it's possible to parse what is essentially a text file of a .csv in a browser window? All I would need is the first column. If I could snipe the data I need without downloading anything, it would make things much easier.
Is something like this doable?