Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.120 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.76; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'subject:into': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'adept': 0.16; 'adjacent': 0.16; 'hyperlink': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; 'help.': 0.21; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'help!': 0.26; 'excel': 0.26; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'michael': 0.29; 'said,': 0.30; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; '13,': 0.31; 'lot.': 0.31; 'sites.': 0.31; 'this.': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; "i'd": 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'combination': 0.36; 'subject:Simple': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'hi,': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'easily': 0.37; 'starting': 0.37; 'thank': 0.38; 'e.g.': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'easy': 0.60; 'greatest': 0.60; 'number,': 0.60; 'then,': 0.60; 'new': 0.61; 'simple': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'show': 0.63; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'population': 0.68; 'internet': 0.71; 'excel,': 0.84; 'hyperlinks': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=NC5+FP9tOGoERglQW2QRYidsc7c0hKZ3E1HuFGeZmAU=; b=cVzTDZ/lWCsnCpHGauFtoWd6WFlnNEZof1LA3DC+0oO/+N01CLAm4su+R7lrvgsQwt 0S6pPTDlyhs/oyc4sTk9o+42Uc8ZNoW77v96eLQkio1cPwRlJG0n0Cbo3vNuB6ByuAQM Vx08+5Ob6mGkOf5dUJ2MV9BOCcvdtGzDhpeJbIjqsUBR9RxqLkvbdsJhHhUOwdP6HKdf mO0R7MxaVt7ngkRX5eiCxW5b5UAAtQahwNMdM4nkj6gTxv24VHbojMlGzHyHvhTTydSv HZCZxqvAq7leAit91KOiNhGh8sMwtHFUhBMYVlWAiKylSUDAwrF26klrNDu4cnkNAf3y iLsg== X-Received: by 10.180.39.236 with SMTP id s12mr1576544wik.14.1371222169248; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:02:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <34b25d59-63b8-44e7-ac10-0afc52a7d726@googlegroups.com> References: <34b25d59-63b8-44e7-ac10-0afc52a7d726@googlegroups.com> From: Michael Herman Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:02:28 -0700 Subject: Re: Creating a Super Simple WWW Link, Copy, & Paste into Spreadsheet Program To: buford.lumbar@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 34 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1371222176 news.xs4all.nl 15876 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51604 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:48159 Hi there - Yes, as others have said, this is not an easy project. That said, it can be down. I'd use a combination of DataNitro, to connect with Excel, and Scrapy, to easily scrap and crawl the sites. I'm adept at both and would be happy to help you with this. Email me at michael@mherman.org for help. Best, Michael On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:28 PM, wrote: > > Hi, I'm new to Python. Would someone be able to write me and/or to show m= e > how to write a simple program that: > > 1-follows a hyperlink from MS Excel to the internet (one of many links > like this, http://www.zipdatamaps.com/76180, for e.g.) and then, > > 2-copies some data (a population number, e.g. 54195) and then, > > 3-pastes that data back into the same MS Excel spreadsheet, into the > adjacent cell. > > ... and that=92s it... row after row of hyperlinks all in one column... > > Please, please help me my wrist is starting to hurt a lot. You would have > my greatest appreciation for your help! > > thank you, Buford > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list