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Re: Automated Lego Sale retrieval???
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:55:44 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, David W. Speck writes:
> I was just wondering if anyone has come up with an automated tool to search • the
> more well-known Lego sites for sales? Entirely possible, but may require much
> tweaking as the sites change, etc. It would be fun to have an automated
> search-bot tell you of spectacular sales within minutes of their posting. • I've
> been out of 'real' programming for too long - but I'd be happy to test a
> solution!!
Sounds interesting. Only thought I have (and I know absolutely nothing about
this stuff) is that many sites have "anti-bot" code on them to prevent sub-
pages from being snooped. I believe LUGNET has that actually. I've no idea
how they work to know if one could be made that was unique from all others and
not blocked.
KDJ
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Kyle D. Jackson, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, LUGNETer #203
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| I was just wondering if anyone has come up with an automated tool to search the more well-known Lego sites for sales? Entirely possible, but may require much tweaking as the sites change, etc. It would be fun to have an automated search-bot tell you (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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