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Karellen: fix links

2022-05-29T04:41:31Z

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	[[Scrapers]] creation for dummies, a step-by-step guide.		[[Scraper_development_XML\|Scrapers]] creation for dummies, a step-by-step guide.

	==Chapter one==		==Chapter one==
	First, some very important reference information, not to read it right now but keep these URL links at hand...		First, some very important reference information, not to read it right now but keep these URL links at hand...

	*Reference to scraper layout and structure: [[~~Scrapers~~]]		*Reference to scraper layout and structure: [[Scraper_development_XML\|XML Scraper Development]]
	*Basic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML XML] syntax knowledge.		*Basic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML XML] syntax knowledge.
	*More info on regular expressions from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex		*More info on regular expressions from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex

Karellen: Remove links

2022-05-28T22:23:06Z

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	*Reference to scraper layout and structure: [[Scrapers]]		*Reference to scraper layout and structure: [[Scrapers]]
	*Basic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML XML] syntax knowledge.		*Basic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML XML] syntax knowledge.
	*Some info about regular expressions (RegExp), see: [[RegEx_tutorial]]
	*More info on regular expressions from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex		*More info on regular expressions from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex

Karellen at 05:31, 19 July 2020

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	[[~~Scraper~~]] creation for dummies, a step-by-step guide.		[[Scrapers]] creation for dummies, a step-by-step guide.

	==Chapter one==		==Chapter one==
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	*Reference to scraper layout and structure: [[Scrapers]]		*Reference to scraper layout and structure: [[Scrapers]]
	*Tool to test scrapers: [[Scrap]] (Download NOW both files referenced there, scrap.exe & libcurl.dll)
	*Basic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML XML] syntax knowledge.		*Basic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML XML] syntax knowledge.
	*Some info about regular expressions (RegExp), see: [[~~Regular Expression (RegEx) Tutorial~~]]		*Some info about regular expressions (RegExp), see: [[RegEx_tutorial]]
	*More info on regular expressions from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex		*More info on regular expressions from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex

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	A really stupid scraper with no meaningful use whatsoever: be it any movie feeded, it will always generate the same (fake) data, also it will download information from www.nada.com and not use it at all, but nevertheless we have our first working scraper, congratulations!		A really stupid scraper with no meaningful use whatsoever: be it any movie feeded, it will always generate the same (fake) data, also it will download information from www.nada.com and not use it at all, but nevertheless we have our first working scraper, congratulations!

	~~To test it in windows, put in any directory the files ''scrap.exe'' and ''libcurl.dll'' that are referenced at [[Scrap]] and the ''dummy.xml'' file and then execute for example this:~~

	*scrap dummy.xml "Hello, world"		*scrap dummy.xml "Hello, world"

Ned Scott at 20:09, 29 July 2014

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Martijn at 20:56, 1 September 2013

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Ned Scott at 20:18, 6 May 2013

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