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Interesting... how does this compare to https://a9t9.com/kantu/scraping ?

WrapApi seems to tackle the same task (web scraping) from a very different angle. I wonder if anyone has used both and can compare.




WrapAPI is meant to not only do scraping (reading information), but also to (1) perform actions with side effects and (2) allow for complex chaining

Let's say you have a web-based inventory management system or CRM that requires a login, but you want to take data a customer has sent you in a spreadsheet and automatically batch enter it into the CRM, which doesn't have that functionality. You could then:

1. Create an API endpoint that allows you to log into that system and return a state token

2. Create a second API endpoint that's parametrized the inputs of the form to create a new inventory entry

3. Chain those 2 API endpoints together so that the 2 actions are actually combined into one API call

Our focus is not only on getting data, but automating the many things that you or your company does with websites to save time


Man, what happened to Yahoo pipes? A tool that did all this so well.




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