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wrapapi

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    Comment #15887408

    We built a similar proxy at https://wrapapi.com/proxy to allow users to record and replay network requests when turning webpages into an API. I think it's possible to have an end-t…

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    Comment #15613160

    Whoops, our bad here! Certain accounts had the feature flag turned off randomly -- we should have fixed this, and you can use it now

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    Comment #15612404

    Yes, definitely for HTTPS in general -- we have detailed instructions for each of 6 different platforms/browsers (e.g., Android, Chrome, Firefox, Windows/Mac desktop). However, the…

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    Comment #14175839

    Thanks for linking to this, chipperyman573! The parent comment used to be valid, but we added a dollar amount for the "Business" plan based on this and a few other comments; we are…

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    Comment #14175158

    Thanks! We used this awesome library called React-Joyride ( https://github.com/gilbarbara/react-joyride ) which made setting up the product tour a breeze. Since our product tour is…

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    Comment #14170279

    @OhSoHumble: this actually came to mind for us too in terms of building better experiences on top of common government services. I'd love to chat and see how I can help, so shoot m…

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    Comment #14170047

    Thanks webninja! The POSTing part is one of the biggest things we were trying to get right while not making it any harder to use than Kimono. Is there anything that was confusing w…

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    Comment #14169883

    This is designed for at least semi-technical people, but it's really not that hard to give it a try for simple sites. Try watching the video, and shoot me an email at peter@wrapapi…

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    Comment #14169870

    We're quite inspired by Kimono, and aim to be just as easy to use while handling use cases beyond scraping (e.g., fully automated form-filling, POST requests, etc.). One of the big…

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    Comment #14169862

    Let us know what page you're trying at peter@wrapapi.com, and I'll take a look and fix it ASAP.

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    Comment #14169790

    For sites that load data using AJAX, we recommend you take a look at our Chrome extension ( https://wrapapi.com/#/chromePlugin ). Our philosophy isn't to run a full headless browse…

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    Comment #14168342

    WrapAPI is meant to not only do scraping (reading information), but also to (1) perform actions with side effects and (2) allow for complex chaining Let's say you have a web-based …

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    Comment #14168128

    You can actually write an API endpoint that'll retrieve a state token (which includes the cookies). For one example, you can use view our Hacker News login endpoint at https://wrap…

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    Comment #14168043

    Hi everyone! We just released the second version of WrapAPI We have a new WrapAPI API Builder looks like a browser, and is as easy to use as one too. You can define your API's inpu…

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