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This is cheerio with node.js and extra bells. Example: http://projs.hackhat.com/the-making-of-the-hackernews-crawler-interesting-tips-to-know/ http://projs.hack
by bitplanets 12y ago
This is cheerio with node.js and extra bells. Example: http://projs.hackhat.com/the-making-of-the-hackernews-crawler-interesting-tips-to-know/ http://projs.hackhat.com/the-making-of-the-hackernews-crawle...
- dale-cooper 12y agoSounds more like phantomjs/casperjs.
- TheEspion 12y agoEspion is similar to PhantomJS in that they're both headless browsers that you can inject JavaScript into. Espion comes with a lot more. First there is the infrastructure: processing power, storage, connectivity and IP addresses that you don't have to provision, set up or manage. Second, Espion includes the features that surround extracting data from a site such as job scheduling, data quality monitoring, online debugging and problem resolution and data delivery. PhantomJS is perfectly viable, but if you need the features I highlighted and use it, you'll have to build a lot yourself to get the job done.
- gildas 12y agoSo, is the Espion headless browser based on an existing one? If this is the case, which one?
- asdf123456 12y agoit's just PhantomJS wrapped up behind a cloud
- torkable 12y agoCame here to ask how this is different from phantom.js