Comments on: Dapper : the screen scraper for everyone http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/ Ideas are cheap, implementation is expensive; act accordingly. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:34:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andrew Perry http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Andrew Perry Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:11:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/#comment-31 No problem .. I'm honored to be included in Bio::Blogs :)<br/><br/>[although I've always thought "from bio import blogs" would be a better name, being a Python snob :) ]<br/><br/>I'll have to make my contact info a little easier to find.<br/><br/>Cheers No problem .. I’m honored to be included in Bio::Blogs :)

[although I've always thought "from bio import blogs" would be a better name, being a Python snob :) ]

I’ll have to make my contact info a little easier to find.

Cheers

]]> By: Pedro Beltrão http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Pedro Beltrão Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:02:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/#comment-30 Hi, <br/><br/>I could not find you contact so I ask you here in the comments. I want to include this blog post in today's edition of Bio::Blogs. Would you mind if I also include a copy of the post in a PDF version ? If you still read this today you can reach me at pedrobeltrao in gmail. Thanks :) Hi,

I could not find you contact so I ask you here in the comments. I want to include this blog post in today’s edition of Bio::Blogs. Would you mind if I also include a copy of the post in a PDF version ? If you still read this today you can reach me at pedrobeltrao in gmail. Thanks :)

]]> By: Andrew Perry http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Andrew Perry Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:01:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/#comment-29 I don't blame him if he didn't read the whole thing, or only scanned it quickly .. I've gotta try to make my posts shorter and more digestible :)<br/><br/>I've downloaded the openkapow robot builder application (three cheers for providing a Linux client !!), I'll get a chance to check it out soon.<br/><br/>I think you are right though Pedro, Dapper is certainly good for quick jobs on uniform pages, but I'm guessing the openkapow will be better on more complex scraping tasks. I don’t blame him if he didn’t read the whole thing, or only scanned it quickly .. I’ve gotta try to make my posts shorter and more digestible :)

I’ve downloaded the openkapow robot builder application (three cheers for providing a Linux client !!), I’ll get a chance to check it out soon.

I think you are right though Pedro, Dapper is certainly good for quick jobs on uniform pages, but I’m guessing the openkapow will be better on more complex scraping tasks.

]]> By: Pedro Beltrão http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Pedro Beltrão Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:46:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/#comment-28 I wonder if Stefan read the whole thing :), you mentioned kapow in the article. Nice post. I did not try dapper yet but it might be faster to use. For quick tests and simpler cases it is probably better to go with dapper instead of kapow. I wonder if Stefan read the whole thing :) , you mentioned kapow in the article. Nice post. I did not try dapper yet but it might be faster to use. For quick tests and simpler cases it is probably better to go with dapper instead of kapow.

]]> By: Stefan http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Stefan Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:00:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/19/dapper-the-screen-scraper-for-everyone/#comment-27 Hey<br/><br/>I read your article, and noticed your frustration that dapper does not work on pages which are more complex. This is exactly what openkapow can do. It is a full visual scripting language, very powerful, and it allows to scrape virtually everything, even the most complex sites.<br/><br/>Check it out when you get time<br/><br/>Stefan, openkapow Hey

I read your article, and noticed your frustration that dapper does not work on pages which are more complex. This is exactly what openkapow can do. It is a full visual scripting language, very powerful, and it allows to scrape virtually everything, even the most complex sites.

Check it out when you get time

Stefan, openkapow

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