Re: web crawling program

Richard wrote:
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:PZWdnfg7j5vlRW_anZ2dnUVZ_oqhnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Richard wrote:
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:U_udnbJBmK8ikmzanZ2dnUVZ_uXinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
raven wrote:
Thank you Jerry and George for your quick responses. The 100 options
in the forms corresponds the cities and the form in the site doesn't
allow you to make a query without selecting the city first. Since I
have no idea for city information(actually i am searching it) a
specific query takes 50 average submit to find and i have over 100
queries. Be it because of the mistake of the remote site designer or
me being evil:( it is unbearable to proceed one by one by hand.

Then you have a problem. If their webmaster is paying any attention at all, you'll be in deep trouble with him (and most probably the site owner, if they aren't the same people).

I wouldn't recommend it.

Jerry,
I always thought programmers were supposed to automate repetitive tasks.
I see nothing wrong with this, as long as it "friendly fire" ;)

R.




What's wrong with it is he's using someone else's information and bandwidth.

For instance, if the information is copyrighted, he could be in serious legal trouble. Even if it isn't copyrighted, the owner may not like the way he's using their website.

Automating repetitive tasks is fine when it's your resources. But when you're using someone else's resources, you need to pay attention to what they allow.

The whole thing could get him in serious legal trouble if he doesn't have permission to do what he wants. And if the owner of the site wanted to press it, it could cost the op a LOT of money.


Wow Jerry,
that's a lot of ifs. Now what if not?

Information on a website is public, and meant to be accessed.

Within limits. Of course.

R.






Oh, and BTW - that's not many "ifs". The ONLY "if" which counts is "if" the website owner allows such access. And it would have to be *explicit* - not implicit, at least in the U.S.

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