[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":439},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-8356778":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":46,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":78,"maker_in_thread":226,"shape":235,"grid":239,"attempts":401,"same_week":402,"maker_shows":38,"maker_hidden":432,"reader_version":433,"card":434},"8356778","ParseHub","Extract data from dynamic websites","title","Show HN: ParseHub – Extract data from dynamic websites","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.parsehub.com\u002F","parsehub.com","tsergiu",1411494415,2014,143,69,177,2272,8,"notable","data","web scraping","web_app",[21,24,25,26],"data extraction","scraper api","dynamic websites","mixed",0,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},9,15,5,10,39,{"execution":36,"privacy":39,"idea":40,"design":42,"performance":43,"docs":44,"pricing":45},{"positive":37,"critical":38},1,3,{"positive":28,"critical":38},{"positive":41,"critical":28},2,{"positive":28,"critical":28},{"positive":41,"critical":28},{"positive":28,"critical":38},{"positive":28,"critical":37},[28,38,38,37,32,38,32,28,38,32,38,32,38,37,37,38,32,38,28,28,37,38,28,32,38,28,38,37,32,28,38,38,32,37,37,38,37,38,38,38],null,{"problem":49,"audience":47,"pricing":56,"motivation":47,"time_to_build":47,"stack":68,"openness":75,"stage":76,"team_size":77},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Extracting data from dynamic or interactive websites that simple scrapers cannot handle","maker",[53],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},"8357031","One of the founders here. Our goal with ParseHub is to enable data extraction not only from static websites, but from highly dynamic or complicated ones as well. We've done this…",{"value":57,"source":58,"evidence":59},"Free plan available; paid plans start around $79\u002Fmonth","commenter",[60,64],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"8357565","superasn","The website looks really interesting and very useful if it works like in the demo. My only issue is $79 \u002F mo starting plan looks a bit steep for casual development (I know there…",{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"8371997","kyriakos","really nice. unfortunately gets a bit slow on long pages but it does work well and I like the fact that you offer an unlimited free plan.",[69],{"value":70,"source":51,"evidence":71},"Headless browser",[72],{"id":73,"by":11,"text":74},"8359285","We run a headless browser to execute your extraction.","unknown","beta","team",{"praise":79,"objections":108,"requests":144,"questions":174,"alternatives":193},[80,90,101],{"value":81,"source":58,"evidence":82},"Handles dynamic sites like Airbnb better than alternatives",[83,87],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"8357892","blklane","After using both there is a very large brick wall that prevents usability of kimono labs on most well-known web applications (airbnb, craiglist, etc). Example is data extraction…",{"id":88,"by":11,"text":89},"8357111","We think Kimono is a great tool, but it is very limited in capability. We specifically focus on handling highly dynamic or interactive websites. Our toolset gives you more…",{"value":91,"source":58,"evidence":92},"Visual interface and tutorials are well done",[93,97],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"8357344","ihiram","The demo is magical. Excellent work! One question about this FAQ: ``` > Does ParseHub respect robots.txt? > We're working on an admin panel to give webmasters full transparency…",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"8358002","michaelmior","The tutorial was quite excellent. Unfortunately I get stuck at the \"zooming\" portion. Pressing ctrl+[ does nothing for me. (Firefox 32.0 on Ubuntu 12.04)",{"value":102,"source":58,"evidence":103},"Automatic IP rotation is a useful feature",[104],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"8357676","balor123","Agreed on this point. The automatic IP rotation is one of the bigger features I think.",[109,119,123,136],{"value":110,"source":51,"evidence":111},"Does not respect robots.txt yet",[112,115],{"id":113,"by":11,"text":114},"8357423","Sorry, we'll make the wording more clear. At the moment, ParseHub does not respect robots.txt. We do expect to add this + features for webmasters in the future, but have not had…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"8357987","spacefight","Please add this sooner than \"in the future\". Obeying the robots.txt is a _MUST_ for any robots out there. This also from a content owner. Thank you.",{"value":120,"source":58,"evidence":121},"Pricing is steep for casual use",[122],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},{"value":124,"source":58,"evidence":125},"Several docs and pricing pages returned 404",[126,130,133],{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"8356870","nivertech","Pricing page no found: ``` 404 Not Found The resource could not be found. \u002Fpricing ```",{"id":131,"by":128,"text":132},"8357336","Also 404 https:\u002F\u002Fwww.parsehub.com\u002Fdocs\u002Ftemplate",{"id":134,"by":62,"text":135},"8357996","thanks! I've sent you an email. Also couldn't figure out how to use select boxes, radio buttons, or fill a specific text field on the page. The \"expression\" page in the doc is…",{"value":137,"source":58,"evidence":138},"Keyboard shortcut for zooming does not work",[139,140],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"8358627","jotaass","Yeah, I'm having the same problem. 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(I did the tutorials but couldn't figure it out) Also are you thinking on…",{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"8359109","nextbig","Excellent! How about creating google now replica but for offline use + more private data dashboard. - Use your platform to parse dynamic website which are completely under…",{"value":171,"source":58,"evidence":172},"Support for select boxes, radio buttons and text fields",[173],{"id":134,"by":62,"text":135},[175,179,186],{"value":176,"source":58,"evidence":177},"Does it work with login forms and passwords",[178],{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},{"value":180,"source":58,"evidence":181},"Is scraping Google search results legal",[182],{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"8360171","Kiro","Is this legal? Can I use this to scrape and store Google Search results?",{"value":187,"source":58,"evidence":188},"How does it compare to Kimono Labs",[189],{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"8356999","ar7hur","Looks powerful. Just curious, how does it compare to Kimono Labs?",[194,202,212,219],{"value":195,"source":58,"evidence":196},"Kimono Labs",[197,198],{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},"8360219","fnbr","How does ParseHub compare to Kimono [1]? I use Kimono daily (scraping government expense docs), and I love how it works on static sites. If you've managed to replicate that on…",{"value":203,"source":58,"evidence":204},"scrape.it",[205,209],{"id":206,"by":207,"text":208},"8357930","notastartup","https:\u002F\u002Fscrape.it requires chrome extension. We have had no problems or found it \"restrictive\" in anyway.",{"id":210,"by":207,"text":211},"8357946","Unlimited scraping at https:\u002F\u002Fscrape.it is $20\u002Fmonth which has no restrictions in how many projects you can create or how many pages you can scrape.",{"value":213,"source":58,"evidence":214},"SelectorGadget",[215],{"id":216,"by":217,"text":218},"8357219","tectonic","Very cool! Another useful tool is http:\u002F\u002Fselectorgadget.com",{"value":220,"source":58,"evidence":221},"PhantomJS",[222],{"id":223,"by":224,"text":225},"8359102","plingamp","Scraping is always such a pain, this looks incredibly well done. I've personally have had a really good experience with PhantomJS. What does your backend look like? 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