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Experience Level: Intermediate
I am looking for someone to guide me through a step by step instruction on how to use the import.io data extractor software to pull 2-page deep data from this url:
http://render.import.io/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polyvore.com%2Ftrending_now%2Fsplash.trend%3Ftrend%3DTrending%2BNow&inf=9
(the first task originally completed was to extract from the "trending products" page url above the categories with their image, name and link to each trending products category) - DONE.
The new tasks needed for this project are below:
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I need instructions on how to add this link above into the custom data extractor (desktop version) and then pull the following data:
1. products list from each category
- this task will extract the list of trending products shown in each trending category (up to 100 per category) to include data from a sample category page such as this one:
http://www.polyvore.com/oversized_dresses/shop?query=oversized+dresses
data to extract needed:
- product name
- product image
- internal link to product details page
- direct "buy link" to product referral page (affiliate link to referral site)
- product price
- product description (shows as "i" in circle icon on that sample url above)
2. product details from each individual product page such as this sample product page:
http://www.polyvore.com/mason_michelle_oversized_wrap_gown/thing?id=149981443
data to extract needed:
- same as above +
- list of up to 50 related products shown on each product page to include: their name, image, internal link to product details page, affiliate "buy link", product price, & product description, as well.
3. instructions on how to use import.io and link/combine all data together in a single data file that integrates the original task, as well. So that one data row, or however it is best organized will show the full link structure:
starting from the top trending products page (listing all categories > products listed in each trending category - along with their product data > then related products per each product page along with their product details.
I am looking for an immediate start date. And possibly ongoing help and support.
Please let me know if there are any questions.
Thanks!
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UPDATE: October 26, 2015
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WANTED: Automatically scrape ongoing updated data
I need this as an auto-updating function.
Import.io desktop software allows you to create an API for the data but I am not sure if I can automatically parse the links on the trending categories page since they are always dynamically changing based on what is popular for the day or week...or whenever they update site.
CLARIFICATION
=========================
I need to use import.io CHAINED API feature only available on their software's free desktop version to do this.
I contacted import.io support and they said that I would need to use the software's "Chained API" feature. Link to support docs on this:
http://support.import.io/knowledgebase/articles/629686-chain-apis-combine-two-apis
Attached is a screenshot of what it looks like on the "Chained API" settings page.
In the image you can see...
Once I load in the Source api or dataset to extract data from...it gives me the option to select which data I want
to scrape another page deep from. I chose "image link" and then it pulls up all the data from that column. In this case,
they are all links to the popular trending product "Categories" shown on this main url:
http://render.import.io/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polyvore.com%2Ftrending_now%2Fsplash.trend%3Ftrend%3DTrending%2BNow&inf=9
What I don't understand is...
All those links that show in the box on the screenshot are all links to trending categories that are always
dynamically changing on the main url above based on what's popular for the day...or whenever they update it.
I am trying to figure out how to set this up so that I can have a Chained API that I can use as a json file that shows all the following auto-updating data like listed in the project description:
- links to all the dynamically changing trending categories (along with their image)
- lists of products (with their links, images & data) from within each trending category (up to 100)
- and lists of related products (with all their links, images & data) shown on each product page (up to 50)
I need someone to tell me if and how this is possible and show me a tutorial on how to setup this chained api and show me by example how it auto-updates to include both datasets: new trending categories & new trending products within those categories.
http://render.import.io/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polyvore.com%2Ftrending_now%2Fsplash.trend%3Ftrend%3DTrending%2BNow&inf=9
(the first task originally completed was to extract from the "trending products" page url above the categories with their image, name and link to each trending products category) - DONE.
The new tasks needed for this project are below:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
I need instructions on how to add this link above into the custom data extractor (desktop version) and then pull the following data:
1. products list from each category
- this task will extract the list of trending products shown in each trending category (up to 100 per category) to include data from a sample category page such as this one:
http://www.polyvore.com/oversized_dresses/shop?query=oversized+dresses
data to extract needed:
- product name
- product image
- internal link to product details page
- direct "buy link" to product referral page (affiliate link to referral site)
- product price
- product description (shows as "i" in circle icon on that sample url above)
2. product details from each individual product page such as this sample product page:
http://www.polyvore.com/mason_michelle_oversized_wrap_gown/thing?id=149981443
data to extract needed:
- same as above +
- list of up to 50 related products shown on each product page to include: their name, image, internal link to product details page, affiliate "buy link", product price, & product description, as well.
3. instructions on how to use import.io and link/combine all data together in a single data file that integrates the original task, as well. So that one data row, or however it is best organized will show the full link structure:
starting from the top trending products page (listing all categories > products listed in each trending category - along with their product data > then related products per each product page along with their product details.
I am looking for an immediate start date. And possibly ongoing help and support.
Please let me know if there are any questions.
Thanks!
==============================
UPDATE: October 26, 2015
==============================
WANTED: Automatically scrape ongoing updated data
I need this as an auto-updating function.
Import.io desktop software allows you to create an API for the data but I am not sure if I can automatically parse the links on the trending categories page since they are always dynamically changing based on what is popular for the day or week...or whenever they update site.
CLARIFICATION
=========================
I need to use import.io CHAINED API feature only available on their software's free desktop version to do this.
I contacted import.io support and they said that I would need to use the software's "Chained API" feature. Link to support docs on this:
http://support.import.io/knowledgebase/articles/629686-chain-apis-combine-two-apis
Attached is a screenshot of what it looks like on the "Chained API" settings page.
In the image you can see...
Once I load in the Source api or dataset to extract data from...it gives me the option to select which data I want
to scrape another page deep from. I chose "image link" and then it pulls up all the data from that column. In this case,
they are all links to the popular trending product "Categories" shown on this main url:
http://render.import.io/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polyvore.com%2Ftrending_now%2Fsplash.trend%3Ftrend%3DTrending%2BNow&inf=9
What I don't understand is...
All those links that show in the box on the screenshot are all links to trending categories that are always
dynamically changing on the main url above based on what's popular for the day...or whenever they update it.
I am trying to figure out how to set this up so that I can have a Chained API that I can use as a json file that shows all the following auto-updating data like listed in the project description:
- links to all the dynamically changing trending categories (along with their image)
- lists of products (with their links, images & data) from within each trending category (up to 100)
- and lists of related products (with all their links, images & data) shown on each product page (up to 50)
I need someone to tell me if and how this is possible and show me a tutorial on how to setup this chained api and show me by example how it auto-updates to include both datasets: new trending categories & new trending products within those categories.
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