Excel VBA - Text entered in searchbox doesn't cause page to show results (Search without Submit button)

Websitewichtel

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I am quite new to coding and have the following issue: I want to write a macro, that goes to the website: https://displaypurposes.com/ inserts a keyword and copy the results into my excel sheet.
This is how my code looks at the moment:
Code:
Sub[COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] DisplayPurposes[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]()[/FONT][/COLOR]<code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Lucida Console", "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; white-space: inherit;">[COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]

[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Dim[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] objIE [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]As[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] InternetExplorer
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Dim[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] aEle [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]As[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] HTMLLinkElement
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Dim[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] Url [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]As[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]String[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Dim[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] Keyword [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]As[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]String[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]

Url [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]"https://displaypurposes.com/"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
Keyword [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]"skiing"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]

[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'initiating a new instance of Internet Explorer and assigning it to objIE[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Set[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] objIE [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]New[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] InternetExplorer

[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'make IE browser visible (False would allow IE to run in the background)[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
objIE[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]Visible [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]True[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]

[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'navigate IE to this web page (a pretty neat search engine really)[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
objIE[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]navigate [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]Url[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit])[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]

[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'Wait for IE to load page[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Do[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]While[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] objIE[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]Busy [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]True[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Or[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] objIE[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]readyState [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]<>[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]4[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] DoEvents[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Loop[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]

[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'BOTH OF THESE INSERT THE KEYWORD[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'Insert Version 01[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
objIE[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]document[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]getElementsByTagName[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]"input"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit])([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]0[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]).[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]innerText [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]"Keyword"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'Insert Version[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
objIE[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]document[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]getElementsByTagName[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]"input"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit])([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]0[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]).[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]Value [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]"Keyword"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]

[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE PAGE UPDATE ITSELF[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]

[/FONT][/COLOR]</code>[COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]End[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Sub[/FONT][/COLOR]
I figured out that I might be able to solve the problem with .fireEvent(), Sendkeys or the solution posted by dyanisis2
Code:
<code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Lucida Console", "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; white-space: inherit;">[COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Set[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] evt [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] objIE[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]Document[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]createEvent[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]"keyboardevent"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit])[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
    evt[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]initEvent [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]"change"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit],[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]True[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit],[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]False[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
    PW[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]all[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]0[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]).[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]dispatchEvent evt[/FONT][/COLOR]</code>
However, I didn't manage to make the page show the searchresults for the keyword so I could scrape them.

Since I am quite new to the community I hope I posted everything according to the guidelines and answered everything you need to know!
 

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