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Questions and answers regarding the use of screen-scraper. Anyone can post. Monitored occasionally by screen-scraper staff.

Copy N Paste

I have a working scraping session set up now, however I need to make some minor changes to create slightly different output. Is it possible to copy and paste an exitsting scraping session. if this is in the documentation sorry I missed it.

Error Trapping & bad links

Hi All,
I have been using the try...catch for my scripts in interpreted java. I'm wondering how to trap errors that happen when a link times out?

transferring scraping sessions

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"How do I transfer my scraping sessions and other objects from one machine to another?"

redirects?

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"Does screen-scraper follow redirects?"

Can screen-scraper insert into databases?

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"I'd like to insert the information I'm extracting into a database. Can screen-scraper do that for me?"

screen-scraper crashes while running a VBScript or JScript

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"Why does screen-scraper crash when running some scripts written in VBScript or JScript?"

computer beeps at me while running screen-scraper

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"At times screen-scraper seems to stop working and my computer starts beeping. What's wrong?"

make optional part of scraping pattern?

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I'm trying to extract data using an extractor pattern, but in some cases certain pieces of data don't appear in the block I'm trying to scrape. Can I make certain elements optional?

login in screen-scraper

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"I'd like to scrape information from a web site that requires me to log in first. Can screen-scraper handle this?"

https and screen-scraper

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"Can screen-scraper work with sites that use HTTPS?"