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Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

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Date 2013-08-21 13:52 -0400
Subject Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python
From Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Comment Holder <commentholder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Joel,
>
> Many thanks for your help - I think I shall start with this way and see how it goes. My concerns were if the task can be accomplished with Python, and from your posts, I guess it can - so I shall give it a try :).
>
> Again, thanks a lot & all best//
>
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You're welcome.  One thought popped into my mind.  Since the site
seems to be from the Wall Street Journal, you may want to look into
whether they have an api for searching and retrieving articles.  If
they do, this would be simpler and probably safer than parsing web
pages.  From time to time, websites change their layout, which would
probably break your program.  However APIs are more stable

good luck to you
-- 
Joel Goldstick
http://joelgoldstick.com

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I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Comment Holder <commentholder@gmail.com> - 2013-08-21 07:55 -0700
  Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-08-21 11:30 -0400
    Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Comment Holder <commentholder@gmail.com> - 2013-08-21 08:44 -0700
      Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-08-21 11:58 -0400
        Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Comment Holder <commentholder@gmail.com> - 2013-08-21 10:41 -0700
          Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-08-21 13:52 -0400
          Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-21 15:18 -0400
            Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Comment Holder <commentholder@gmail.com> - 2013-08-22 07:58 -0700
  Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-08-22 00:54 -0400
    Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Comment Holder <commentholder@gmail.com> - 2013-08-22 08:03 -0700
      Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-23 01:11 +1000

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