We currently use Lotus Approach for windows on our desktop machines and ultimatley the data used will be manipulated with Lotus Approach which natively uses dbIV files, although any programming software may be used to create the desired outcome please specify which you intend to use.
Create a program that will scrape information from [login to view URL] and populate attached dbf file with the scraped information and store scraped images in a local folder.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE IS FREE TO EVERYONE AND IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO DOWNLOAD INFORMATION - THEY EVEN PROVIDE AN EXPORT TO EXCEL OPTION ON ONE OF THE DETAILS PAGES. WE WILL NOT BE UPLOADING TO THIS WEBSITE. This project will adhere to the terms of use of the website it will be crawling.
A database of records will be provided with some empty fields that need to be filled with scraped data (example attached [login to view URL])
Use the attached jpg images to identify the web site and the information that needs to be scraped.
1. [login to view URL] starting url [login to view URL] click property info
2. [login to view URL] click the accept link You are agreeing to the text on this page [login to view URL] .(which essentially says we will not be UPLOADING anything to the site)
3. [login to view URL] click property search link
4. [login to view URL] data comes from supplied database table
5. [login to view URL] click the info link ( if more than one record will need to click each sequentially after scraping data from the previous)
[login to view URL] all information must be scraped from this page (precise field mapping will be added to this project shortly) then the image will need to be clicked or url dynamically set up
[login to view URL] large image needs to be downloaded and stored in a folder (set by a variable field in the program) the image name to be stored in the database table
[login to view URL] the details tab needs to be clicked and all details scraped (precise field mapping will be added to this project shortly)
9. [login to view URL] the exemptions tab needs to be clicked and all the details scraped (precise field mapping will be added to this project shortly)