I like the concept and it looks similar at Import.io
Show HN: Kimono – Never write a web scraper again
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#72Thank you for building a tool I been wanting so I don't have to! Can't wait to play around with this tonight. Suggestion. Allow one to select images.
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#73This would be a pretty difficult thing to grab when scraping normally, but the app errors before loading the content:
https://www.keepandshare.com/calendar/show_month.php?i=19409...
JS error: An error occurred while accessing the server, please try againError Reference: 6864046a
Re: Show HN: Kimono – Never write a web scraper again
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great, it should work well on webkit browsers, what version of Safari are you using?
7.0.1, the latest. I also don't have Flash installed, but it doesn't look like you're using Flash. The entire top bar doesn't show for me. Feel free to email me and I can send you screenshots.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pages buried in here: https://fannin4.wcjc.edu/ The course catalog is public, so no login is needed. I want to scrape various data related to courses, to populate forms automatically and such.
Yeah, of course it won't work with HTTPS sites. They'd have to proxy those HTTPS sites and perform a MITM just to do it.
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#76Constructive Tone: I figured that it might be nifty to scrape cedar pollen count information from a calendar and then shoot myself an email when it was higher than 100 gr/m3. This would be a pretty difficult thing to grab when scraping normally, but the app errors before loading the content: https://www.keepandshare.com/calendar/show_month.php?i=19409... JS error: An error occurred while accessing the server, please…
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#77given the pricing though i'm almost motivated to make my own. as a hosted service the fees make sense with the offerings. but not only would i rather host my own- it would be cheaper all around. would you consider adding a free or cheap self hosted option?
aside, i think there is a mislabel on the pricing page. i'm guessing the free plan should not have 3 times the "apis" than the lite plan.
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#78Re: Show HN: Kimono – Never write a web scraper again
#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pages buried in here: https://fannin4.wcjc.edu/ The course catalog is public, so no login is needed. I want to scrape various data related to courses, to populate forms automatically and such.
Yeah, of course it won't work with HTTPS sites. They'd have to proxy those HTTPS sites and perform a MITM just to do it.
Re: Show HN: Kimono – Never write a web scraper again
#80really excited to see this. i've had the idea (and nearly this execution) in mind for years but no use or ambition to get it done. given the pricing though i'm almost motivated to make my own. as a hosted service the fees make sense with the offerings. but not only would i rather host my own- it would be cheaper all around. would you consider adding a free or cheap self hosted option? aside, i think there is a mislab…