webscraping.proRecently I’ve got a note with the question on search engine queries through the web scraping software.
Suppose I run a query to import.io API:
$url = "https://query.import.io/store/connector/" . $connectorGuid . "/_query?_user=" . urlencode($userGuid) . "&_apikey=" . urlencode($apiKey);
“HI there can you please tell me that what are connector-guid, user-guid and api key in below given code and how to get them for any website?”
I came across this question on StackOverflow, and as an avid import.io user I thought I’d answer it here as well, in case any of you have the same issue.
From time to time, web users struggle with “CAPTCHA services” such as DeCaptcher and DBC. And although those services are reliable, often times they’re “overloaded”, meaning the images to be solved get rejected or it takes a lot of time to be decoded (some services might even take 50 seconds to solve a single image!).
But, I recently came across a new service that hopes to fill this (fast CAPTCHA solving) gap. EndCaptcha.com, is a new image digitization service that was built to satisfy the needs of the most demanding consumers. It uses a dedicated team of operators assisted by a smart OCR system. That’s why it’s being considered a Premium CAPTCHA service.
Recently I’ve got a note with the question on search engine queries through the web scraping software.
Recently Import.io introduced a new extraction technique called Magic. The Magic scraping method works be attempting to scrape all the information off the page automatically and in one shot. We covered it in another post early last year. When we covered it back then, we noted a few issues:
But now Import.io has released a second version of Magic which seems to have dealt with those obstacles. Not only that, but they have released an API for Magic that lets you see what’s going on behind the scenes.
Anyone should be able to pull data from the web and access it in the format they want. If a website does not have an API available, scraping is one of the only options to get the data you need. But figuring out how to scrape data in the complicated HTML is a pain.
ParseHub is a new web browser extension that you can use to turn any dynamic and poorly structured website into an API, without writing code. ParseHub is a scraping tool that is designed to work on websites with JavaScript and Ajax; it is similar to web scraping tools such as Import.io and Kimono Labs.
UiPath is an Enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Software designed to empower companies to automate repetitive, manual, rules-based business processes. Any repetitive task a user performs on his computer, including data entry, legacy application integration, data or content migration, screen scraping and testing can be automated with UiPath.
As anyone who has spent any time on the scraping field will know, there are plenty of anti-scraping techniques on the market. And since I regularly get asked what the best way to prevent someone from scraping a site, I thought Id do a post rounding up some of the most popular methods. If you think we’ve missed any out, please let me know in the comments below!
I recently came across this question in the Q&A section of a forum I belong to:
Sure, if all you want to do is something as lightweight as monitoring a set of target pages for changes, then using a ready monitoring tool is probably way more than you need. You need to keep it simple. So, here’s a quick solution with Google spreadsheet.
The other day I was challenged to do some cloud converting following the web scraping project with Google App Script (GAS)[1]. Namely to get a google doc file and to convert it into MS Word format.