Reading website table into matrix

I am trying to read a table from a website into a matrix for further processing.

The website is : http://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/report/report_e.html?mode=Table&type=realTime&stn=08GB014&dataType=&startDate=2015-09-28&endDate=2015-10-05&prm1=46&prm2=47

I tried using urlread. My plan was to read it in as a string and then pull out what I needed. But the string thats input doesn't have the table data in it that I can see. I am guessing I should be using a different function but am struggling to find one that works for me.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Looking at that site, from the way it’s organised, I doubt you would be able to do what you want. You probably have to get the data manually, and just save it to a text file. (I didn’t go past the ‘Historical Data’ -> ‘Statistics Data’ pages, so I don’t know precisely what the options are.)

[Matthew Schafer]

Thanks for trying. I have contacted the organization that runs the website to see if they have any advice as I am sure I am not the first person to want this.

[Star Strider]

My pleasure.

I wish I could have provided a real working solution, but the complexity of the choices required on that site are beyond my Web programming abilities.