Show HN: Scrape.it – Change-Resilient Web Scraper

Re:Show HN: Scrape.it – Change-Resilient Web Scraper by jbob2000 on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @04:24PM (#8564349)

I can imagine some scenarios where you would use a web scraper, but I'm curious; What are people actually using a web scraper for? Does anyone have one in production?

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Re:Show HN: Scrape.it – Change-Resilient Web Scraper by Mandatum on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @04:39PM (#8564427)

I use one to scrape session times from local theatre websites. They don't have the capacity to build an API so I have an agreement with them that they keep the formats the same. I've set up a script which alerts them if they've screwed it up.

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Re:Show HN: Scrape.it – Change-Resilient Web Scraper by agersant on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @04:32PM (#8564389)

I used to run one that I made for displaying a nice view of all the art posted on conceptart.org (a very large message board which I found cumbersome to navigate).

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Re:Show HN: Scrape.it – Change-Resilient Web Scraper by martin-adams on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @04:55PM (#8564515)

My product MyShopData.com uses web scraping for retailers to extract their own data and integrate with marketplaces.

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