screen-scraper FAQ - General Technical
Questions regarding how screen-scraper works or how to get it to do something.
- How do I upgrade from version 6.x to 7.0?
- Why do I get "HTML Truncated" on the Last Response tab?
- Can I put a session variable in an extractor pattern to limit the results?
- My sub-extractor pattern only gets one instance of my data. How can I get all of the data?
- I'd like to scrape data from a mainframe/tn3270 application. Can screen-scraper handle this?
- My web site is hosted on a shared server (virtual hosting). Can I use screen-scraper with it?
- How do I set up screen-scraper on Lunix/Unix/BSD?
- Can screen-scraper extract information from PDF files?
- Can screen-scraper extract information from non-HTML objects such as Java applets, ActiveX controls or Adobe Flash movies?
- Can screen-scraper be scheduled to scrape sites on a periodic basis?
- How much memory and what type of CPU is recommended for screen-scraper?
- Does screen-scraper follow redirects?
- Can screen-scraper work with sites that use HTTPS?
- The web site I'd like to scrape uses cookies, can screen-scraper handle this?
- I'd like to scrape information from a web site that requires me to log in first. Can screen-scraper handle this?