screen-scraper FAQ - Tips & Suggestions
How to setup some special features, best practices, etc.
- Why do I keep getting an OutOfMemoryError in screen-scraper's "log/error.log" file
- How can I run screen-scraper via a batch file when running on Microsoft Windows Server?
- I'm unable to start screen-scraper in server mode. How can I troubleshoot this?
- Screen-scraper won't open, with the message "The JVM could not be started." How can I fix this?
- Any recommendations on how to handle projects that involve large numbers of scraping sessions?
- How do I send dynamic POST parameters in screen-scraper?
- I'm trying to scrape an HTML form that requires the user to type in text shown in an image. Can screen-scraper handle this?
- How do I extract data from two tables that are basically identical in structure?
- Will screen-scraper notify me if the site I'm scraping changes?
- How do I make a backup of the work I've done in screen-scraper?
- I'm running screen-scraper in a machine that isn't connected to the Internet. How do I transfer my screen-scraper license to it?
- I'm running screen-scraper in a GUI-less environment. How do I update it to the latest version?
- How can I optimize screen-scraper's performance?
- screen-scraper is stripping out white space when I don't want it to. How do I stop it from doing this?
- How do I insert the data screen-scraper extracts into a database?
- Can I run multiple instances of screen-scraper on the same machine?