[REBOL] Re: web mining
From: SunandaDH::aol::com at: 12-Apr-2005 14:42
Kevin:
> Is rebol good to do web mining? I have a site that does analysis for stocks
> and options. I want to automate the lookup and retrieval of the analysis
> and put it in a database or text file. Does anyone have a suggestion for
> this project? Thanks
Here's an example of a script that does something like that:
http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=get-stock.r
Except, of course, it's using an interface to a Yahoo stocks site.
If your site can provide a similar sort of download file, the adaptations
needed may be trivial.
If you can't, and need to screenscrape, then 'parse or 'load/markup are your
friends.
Sunanda.
