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I built a House of Lords Twitter bot
I stayed up all night making a House of Lords Twitter bot. Here's exactly how I did it.
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Video: How to use regex to scrape HTML pages
Ever wanted to scrape something with OutWit Hub but the data you want is tied up in ugly HTML tags that change with each new piece of information? Regular expressions - known as regex - are often an easy way of getting around them. These are sequences of symbols and characters which
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The best places to get your data
Best places to get your data For many beginners getting into data and what are the best places to get your data , the first stumbling block is actually accessing the information you want. Before you’ve started to tell the story, and before you can even get your teeth into
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How to scrape data without coding? A step by step tutorial on import.io
Import.io (pronounced import-eye-oh) lets you scrape data from any website into a searchable database. It is perfect for gathering, aggregating and analysing data from websites without the need for coding skills. As Sally Hadadi, from Import.io, told Journalism.co.uk: the idea is to "democratise&
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How to use OutWit Hub to scrape data for free
There are a number of tools allowing you to scrape your own data without knowing code. We'll show you how to scrape with the free version of OutWit Hub.
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Making data accessible: interview with Nick Scott from import.io
Import.io aims to make extracting data from the internet incredibly simple. This demo on import.io’s website shows it is as easy as highlighting an example of the bits of data you want from the website and the algorithm sorting out the rest. It launched last October at
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Interview: Aine McGuire of ScraperWiki
Aine McGuire, the chief marketing officer of ScraperWiki, talks to Sam Creighton about how data is changing the journalism industry