Alpha71@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agocan anyone recommend a website that will return ACTUAL useful results from Amazon?message-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squarecan anyone recommend a website that will return ACTUAL useful results from Amazon?Alpha71@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 years agoA) Don’t use fucking Amazon. B) It would require a third party to scrape Amazon’s entire search catalog, which Amazon would almost certainly block.
minus-squareIwasondigg@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoHow do those plugins that track the prices of amazon listings over tome get their data? Don’t they scrape it from the site?
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoI’m not a plugin developer, so this is just a guess; but I think they scrape from specific items, not the entirety of Amazon’s database.
minus-squarefhek@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoVia users viewing them with the plugin installed.
A) Don’t use fucking Amazon.
B) It would require a third party to scrape Amazon’s entire search catalog, which Amazon would almost certainly block.
How do those plugins that track the prices of amazon listings over tome get their data? Don’t they scrape it from the site?
I’m not a plugin developer, so this is just a guess; but I think they scrape from specific items, not the entirety of Amazon’s database.
Via users viewing them with the plugin installed.