The Ultimate List of FAQs on Web Scraping Answered – PromptCloud
Web scraping has gained tremendous popularity over the course of the last 10 years and still continues to attract businesses to leverage web data for various business cases. Majority of companies in the e-commerce, travel, job and research space use have either set up an in-house crawling system or engage with a dedicated web crawling […]
Read MoreTop Five Common Mistakes of In-house Web Scraping System – PromptCloud
Companies have already started to realize the intrinsic value that web data can offer to an organization. However, majority of the companies considering web scraping and web data integration either opt for an in-house system or outsource it to a DaaS provider who will deliver data the way you need it. Outsourcing the whole process […]
Read MoreConvert Websites into APIs with These Tips from Promptcloud
Today, we are no longer restricted by desktop apps, web apps, or any native apps that keep data in silos via proprietary back-ends. The apps on mobile phone might be browser-based or native, but the majority of them ingest data from many sources. Data is getting sourced from everywhere and how are apps collecting data […]
Read MoreThe Best Web Scraping Examples- by Promptcloud
Data has become a key component of the growth strategy for every company. When it comes to collecting data, plenty of sources are available. However, manually collecting data is difficult due to two reasons – a) increased chance of mistakes, and b) time-consuming process. A better way to go about collecting data is to crawl […]
Read MoreData Scraping Tools for Scraping Real Estate Data Using Python
The leading real estate sites of the world are a treasure trove of valuable data. The database of any popular US real estate site might contain information on more than 100M homes. These homes include the ones for sale, rent, or even ones not currently in the market. Scraping real estate data provides data for […]
Read MoreGuidelines for Scraping Song Lyrics using Python from Genius
What is Rap Genius? What started initially as Rap-Genius in 2009 has now evolved into a unique music knowledge sharing media company called Genius, that serves more than a hundred million people each month. In this blog, we will learn how to web scrape song lyrics using Python, in a step-by-step guide. Most internet users […]
Read MoreVisualizing Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies Data from IMDB
MCU’s latest movie Avengers Endgame broke the box office record of James Cameron’s Avatar, making it the highest-grossing film of all time. The film made a whopping USD 2.788 billion, taking it to the top spot on the all-time box office list. This got us thinking about doing some analyses on the IMDB data for […]
Read MoreScraping Historical Judgments as Case Reference for Legal Purposes
Having a complete picture and knowing the entire truth is imperative for a lawyer arguing a case in court. He/she should not only make arguments to build their case but also try to draw similarities with historical judgments Reports This would make it much easier to convince the judge or the jury because usually, judgments […]
Read MorePortia Alternatives for Web Data Extraction
Portia was a visual tool that allowed users to crawl websites without having any programming knowledge. It was a hosted service but due to dwindling usage of visual scrapers, it has been taken down and is no longer in use today. So how did people use Portia when it was in existence? To use Portia, […]
Read MoreChoosing Between a Revenue Management System and Barebones Data Feeds
The difference between a Revenue Management System and Barebones Data Feed is similar to the difference between using a Windows laptop and a Linux laptop. While the first one is easier to use and graphical in nature, thereby allowing people with minimum computing experience to operate it, the second one has the advantage of allowing […]
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