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screen-scraper works much like a database that allows you to mine the data of the world wide web. It provides a graphical interface allowing you to designate URL's, data elements to be extracted, and scripting logic to traverse pages and work with mined data. Once these items have been created, screen-scraper can be invoked from external languages such as .NET, Java, PHP, and Active Server Pages. It can also be scheduled to scrape information at periodic intervals.
This brief tour will give an overview of screen-scraper technology in the following areas:
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