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Show HN: WrapAPI v2 – Build APIs, scrapers, bots on any website

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Re: Show HN: WrapAPI v2 – Build APIs, scrapers, bots on any website

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Post by egfx »

wrapapi wrote: post #7
RandomBookmarks wrote: post #6

Interesting... how does this compare to https://a9t9.com/kantu/scraping ? WrapApi seems to tackle the same task (web scraping) from a very different angle. I wonder if anyone has used both and can compare.

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 inventory management system or CRM that requires a login, but you want to take data a customer has sent you in a spreadsheet and automatically batch enter it into the CRM, which doesn't have that functionality. You could then: 1. Create an…

Man, what happened to Yahoo pipes? A tool that did all this so well.

Re: Show HN: WrapAPI v2 – Build APIs, scrapers, bots on any website

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Post by webninja »

dsacco wrote: post #53
webninja wrote: post #35

This tool is really well thought-out and useful! I made a working API in less than 1 hr. This tool has a much better design & implementation than Kimono and easier than using Python 3 + Beautiful Soup 4 which is how I made my previous web scrapers. This tool also works for POSTing to web forms.

No offense, but your comment sounds like astroturfing (I'm not saying you are, just that it's part of a pattern I see). I often see one or more commenters write what seems like an excessively positive thought dump on Show HNs. It just doesn't seem like the natural conversational tone everyone uses, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Has anyone else noticed it? Is there a term for this sort of writing style?

It could be that I need to work on my writing skills. I'll admit, I'm an systems engineer not a writer. On the other hand, HN commenters tend to convey a healthy dose of cynicism and skepticism. Also it's known that negative comments come across as more trust-worthy than positive comments on the internet. I simply used this tool and it did what it said it did. I don't give a positive review unless I had a good experience. But it is easier for all of us to believe people with some degree of skepticism and cynicism.
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