On May 30, 2014 10:12 PM, "Matthew Ngaha" wrote:
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> Thanks for the response Alan. I forgot to reply to tutor on my 2nd
> comment. Just incase someone might want to see it, here it is:
>
> "Okay I think learning how to scrap (library or framework) is not
> worth the trouble. Especially if some peo
Thanks for the response Alan. I forgot to reply to tutor on my 2nd
comment. Just incase someone might want to see it, here it is:
"Okay I think learning how to scrap (library or framework) is not
worth the trouble. Especially if some people consider it illegal.
Thanks for the input."
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On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:
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>> If a site offers an API that returns the data you need then use it,
>> If not you have few alternatives to scraping (although scraping
>> may be 'illegal' anyway due to the impact on other users). But scraping,
>> whether a web page or a GU
On 30/05/14 18:25, Matthew Ngaha wrote:
Hey all. I've been meaning to get into web scraping and was pointed to
the directions of lxml (library) and scrapy (framework). Can I ask in
terms of web scraping, what's the difference between a library and a
framework?
I don;t know of anything web speci
Hey all. I've been meaning to get into web scraping and was pointed to
the directions of lxml (library) and scrapy (framework). Can I ask in
terms of web scraping, what's the difference between a library and a
framework? Surely everyone should use a framework but I get the idea
more people use the
