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asp_web_howto thread: Web Scraping??


Message #1 by "AC" <coughlan_aoife@h...> on Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:34:25 +0100
Hi,
I'm trying to do web scraping using VB. Do I have to write the program to extract the relevant web pages or is there a program
already writen to do this?

AC
Message #2 by "Aoife Coughlan" <coughlan_aoife@h...> on Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:47:47
Hi,
I am trying to do web scraping using VB. Do I have to write the program 
that extracts the relevant pages or is there a program already written to 
do this?

Cheers,
AC
Message #3 by "Pat Waddington" <paw@s...> on Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:43:04 +0100
Maybe aspTear will do what you want. The basic version is free to download
but I can't remember the name of the site.

-----Original Message-----
From: Aoife Coughlan [mailto:coughlan_aoife@h...]
Sent: 15 October 2002 11:48
To: ASP Web HowTo
Subject: [asp_web_howto] Web Scraping??


Hi,
I am trying to do web scraping using VB. Do I have to write the program
that extracts the relevant pages or is there a program already written to
do this?

Cheers,
AC

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Message #4 by "Bill Todd" <btodd@a...> on Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:51:35
> web scraping using VB.
take a look at:
http://www.aspfaqs.com/aspfaqs/ShowFAQ.asp?FAQID=61
which shows example code for the freely availabe XMLHTTP component from 
Microsoft. 

It's usually on the server and works fast. I used it to create a search 
engine position checker and it's quick:
http://64.88.154.93/adi/seoIQ-position-tool.asp

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