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Admin script that scrapes restaurant websites

$30-250 USD

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Posted over 8 years ago

$30-250 USD

Paid on delivery
We run a website that shows lunch menus from 10 different restaurants. In the old software we have to manually copy and paste info into the system once per week. Your task is to use php+mysql to code a new semi-automatic admin script that will scrape lunch menu data and also allow the admin to do manual changes. The script will run every morning at 6 am to update the data for the current week. Data is then stored into a database table. The script should have some error handling functionality, for example if a scrape fails it will not display html tags, thousand of characters or unwanted texts from the target site. See attached image of what the admin script can look like. Send a message if you want to see the websites that need to be scraped. Develop and test the script on your own server first. Please be patient, your script will be tested for 2 to 3 weeks before payment is released, to make sure it works when lunch menus change every week. Image explanation: Each column represents one restaurant. Each row represents a date starting from today for the next 8 days. Default setting is automatic scraping: the box is grey, shows menu data and cannot be edited. If an admin checks the box "Manual override" he can manually edit the info (to correct errors). This setting will be saved for the future for that day only!
Project ID: 8835604

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Hi, I'm interested in your project, could you please provide me with the list of sites? Also if they have their menus in flash or just a image(like some restaurants have) the script will not be able to scrape that. In time, 6 months or more these websites may change thus changing their markup and the scraping may fail, then you will need a quick update to the scraping code. Thank you, Daniel
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Hi sir, I am scraping expert, I have did too many similar projects, please check my feedback then you will know. Can you tell me more details? then I will provide demo data for you. Thanks, Kimi
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Hello there, I would love to help you out with this project. I have a lot of experience scraping websites and parsing the information which is really important in this type of work in order to show the menu well. I have worked with persons from Finland before and I know the quality you are looking for which is what makes me different form other freelancers and teams. Hope to hear back from you soon. Thanks
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Hello! I'm web scraping expert. I use python scrapy framework. My scripts can run on windows or linux, but linux is preferably. I can schedule scripts on server if it is required. I have a lot of finish projects (google scraping, facebook scraping, yellow pages, linkedinIn, amazon, webshops and other sites with lists of any items). I can scrape secured and protected sites, my crawlers can enter into login form, emulate ajax requests etc. If site block IP i can use proxy or TOR. I can try avoid captha on site in avtomatic or manual mode. I can export data into json, csv (excel), mysql, mongodb. I am ready do for you free test file that contain 1000 rows for verify of quality my scripts.
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Hi I have 3+ experience in web development, I did many job like this. I have strong knowledge of PHP, Mysql, HTML, CSS, JQuery, bootstrap css etc .
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I specialize in web scraping jobs like this one. You can see on my profile that I have completed many similar jobs. Don't make the mistake of hiring an amateur, who doesn't have the skill set to properly complete this task and will only waste your time. Hire me, a professional with a rock solid reputation and over 8 years of experience specifically in writing scraping code like this. I know what I can and cannot do, and I won't waste your time by saying I can do something that I can't. because I exclusively write scraping code I know what to expect and I will always live up to what I tell you, and will also deliver a higher quality final product than my competitors.
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Hi, could you send over the websites to be scraped? Also obviously you will need a server to run the script and mysql on, I think that it would be the easiest to simply run it 'on demand', i.e. admin initiates the scrape when he deems it is necessary (alternatively it could be coded so that the menus are checked every x hours/days, and if a change has been detected, admin is notified, but that would be probably little more expensive to implement). Also in regards to the price, that's definitely not the final, because a lot of it depends on the websites and how difficult it will be to scrape them. If you want to have a chat about the project, let me know. Kind regards Simon V CGE LTD
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We are webscraping and user interaction automation experts and can do this job for you fast and with accuracy. Please share the website link you want to scrap data from and also share the fields that need to be scrapped. Thanks
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Hello I have vast experience of scraping data from websites, both plain html and data generated by and obscured behind javascript. I have worked with php and mysql since 2001. I work from Sweden, GMT+1. I am available to start working on Friday if you are interested in hiring me for this project. Best regards, Jonas
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Hello! I develop scrapes for more than 7 years already but do it on Perl. I would suggest you to make 2 scripts: - one for scraping data - the second one for data review and manual correction. For each field in database you will have additional "_manual" field where will be saved admin's manual changes. Such way you will always see what is scraped and what you actually have in manual data. Feel free to ask me any additional questions in freelancer.com chat.
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Hi, Please share me the website and give example of at least 1 of the restaurants. I will complete the work asap :) And ofcourse, you pay only when you are satisfied with the script. I will also give you support for 1 year! Regards, Prashant.
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Dear, My name is Chung, I have read and understand about your requirement. I can help you implement php script for this job. I need two day to get the job done. Thanks! Chung
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Dear Sir I am Data Entry Data Processing Web Search Excel Expert who knows the value of time, very hard working and always deliver work on time. My Motive is to make my employer Happy without adding additional charges. If you are looking for data entry or search work, I am the Right person for you. Available 24-7 trusted Freelancer. Thank you
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experienced in scraping sites with Python and php over the past two years. can quickly turn around
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