Paul Bradshaw Leanpub.com/scrapingforjournalists*

Scraping in 60 mins

How do you scrape?

Aron Pilhofer, News Rewired

WYSIWYG tools (Import.io, OutWit Hub) Google Sheets =IMPORT Scraperwiki, Morph.io

Scraping tools

OutWit Hub

Import.io

Import.io

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Chrome extensions:

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Edit column > Add column by fetching URLs…

https://ifttt.com/channels

Call it what you want

Put it where you want

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Function (Arguments) (aka parameters)

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Function (arguments)

=SUM(A2:A50)

=AVERAGE(B2:B300)

=COUNTIF(A10:A3000,”Smith”)

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Function (parameters)

=SUM(range of cells to be summed)

=AVERAGE(range of cells to be averaged)

=COUNTIF(range of cells to be counted,what to count)

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(“string”, index)

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Tip: search for documentation

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Variable

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Variables

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Jargon checklist:

Function Arguments Parameters String Index Variable Documentation

IMPORTXML IMPORTDATA IMPORTFEED

Paul Bradshaw Leanpub.com/scrapingforjournalists*

Thank you.