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gonzobrains
gonzobrains

Reputation: 8036

How to scrape website without API and format into a mobile app (iPhone, Android, etc.)?

I am interested in obtaining data from a website and displaying it within a "native" mobile application instead of simply accessing it through the mobile device's browser, as the website is too cumbersome for use on a tiny mobile device and could be better accessed through a native application. However, that website doesn't offer an API to access its functionality. Is web scraping the best way to do this? If so, what's the best way to accomplish that? Are there any tools available to make this process easier?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2715

Answers (1)

hoju
hoju

Reputation: 29462

Yes, scrape the data into an easy to use format such as CSV or JSON, then reuse that in your application. Have a look at lxml or this webscraping library.

Upvotes: 2

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