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Scrapy 0.22.2 (2014/02/14)

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Developed by: Scrapy community
License: Public Domain
Web page : Tool homepage
Tool type :

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The last edition of this page was on: 2014/02/26

The Completion level of this page is : Low


SHORT DESCRIPTION

[[has description::Scrapy is a fast high-level screen scraping and web crawling framework, used to crawl websites and extract structured data from their pages. It can be used for a wide range of purposes, from data mining to monitoring and automated testing. Features

  • Scrapy was designed with simplicity in mind, by providing the features you need without getting in your way
  • Just write the rules to extract the data from web pages and let Scrapy crawl the entire web site for you
  • Scrapy is used in production crawlers to completely scrape more than 500 retailer sites daily, all in one server
  • Scrapy was designed with extensibility in mind and so it provides several mechanisms to plug new code without having to touch the framework core
  • Scrapy is completely written in Python and runs on Linux, Windows, Mac and BSD
  • Scrapy comes with lots of functionality built in. Check this section of the documentation for a list of them.
  • Scrapy is extensively documented and has an comprehensive test suite with very good code coverage]]


TOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Usability

Authors of this page consider that this tool is '.

Tool orientation

This tool is designed for general purpose analysis.

Data mining type

This tool is made for '.

Manipulation type

This tool is designed for '.

IMPORT FORMAT :

EXPORT FORMAT :


Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

Analysis & Visualisation of data
Predicting student performance
Student modelling
Social Network Analysis (SNA)
Constructing courseware

Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
Recommendations for students
Grouping students:
Developing concept maps:
Planning/scheduling/monitoring
Experimentation/observation

Tool can perform:

  • Data extraction of type:
  • Transformation of type:
  • Data analysis of type:
  • Data visualisation of type: (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")



ABOUT USERS

Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers
Teachers/Tutors/Managers
Researchers
Developers/Designers
Organisations/Institutions/Firms
Others

Required skills:

STATISTICS:

PROGRAMMING:

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION:

DATA MINING MODELS:



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Tool version : Scrapy 0.22.2 2014/02/14
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Developed by : Scrapy community
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Tool Web page : http://scrapy.org/
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Tool type :
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License:Public Domain

Scrapy screenshot.jpg

SHORT DESCRIPTION


Scrapy is a fast high-level screen scraping and web crawling framework, used to crawl websites and extract structured data from their pages. It can be used for a wide range of purposes, from data mining to monitoring and automated testing. Features

  • Scrapy was designed with simplicity in mind, by providing the features you need without getting in your way
  • Just write the rules to extract the data from web pages and let Scrapy crawl the entire web site for you
  • Scrapy is used in production crawlers to completely scrape more than 500 retailer sites daily, all in one server
  • Scrapy was designed with extensibility in mind and so it provides several mechanisms to plug new code without having to touch the framework core
  • Scrapy is completely written in Python and runs on Linux, Windows, Mac and BSD
  • Scrapy comes with lots of functionality built in. Check this section of the documentation for a list of them.
  • Scrapy is extensively documented and has an comprehensive test suite with very good code coverage

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS


Tool orientation Data mining type Usability
This tool is designed for general purpose analysis. This tool is designed for . Authors of this page consider that this tool is .
Data import format Data export format
. .
Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data
☑ Predicting student performance
☑ Student modelling
☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA)
☑ Constructing courseware

☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
☑ Recommendations for students
☑ Grouping students:
☑ Developing concept maps:
☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring
Experimentation/observation

Can perform data extraction of type:

Can perform data transformation of type:

Can perform data analysis of type:

Can perform data visualisation of type:
(These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")


ABOUT USER


Tool is suitable for:
Students/Learners/Consumers:☑ Teachers/Tutors/Managers:☑ Researchers:☑ Organisations/Institutions/Firms:☑ Others:☑
Required skills:
Statistics: Programming: System administration: Data mining models:

OTHER TOOL INFORMATION


Scrapy screenshot.jpg
Scrapy screenshot.jpg
Scrapy.jpg
Scrapy
Public Domain
Free&Open source
Scrapy community
2014/02/14
0.22.2
http://scrapy.org/
[[has description::Scrapy is a fast high-level screen scraping and web crawling framework, used to crawl websites and extract structured data from their pages. It can be used for a wide range of purposes, from data mining to monitoring and automated testing.

Features

  • Scrapy was designed with simplicity in mind, by providing the features you need without getting in your way
  • Just write the rules to extract the data from web pages and let Scrapy crawl the entire web site for you
  • Scrapy is used in production crawlers to completely scrape more than 500 retailer sites daily, all in one server
  • Scrapy was designed with extensibility in mind and so it provides several mechanisms to plug new code without having to touch the framework core
  • Scrapy is completely written in Python and runs on Linux, Windows, Mac and BSD
  • Scrapy comes with lots of functionality built in. Check this section of the documentation for a list of them.
  • Scrapy is extensively documented and has an comprehensive test suite with very good code coverage]]
General analysis
Low