Extract data from web site

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Is there a way to colect data like ingredients, ratings, users from web site like http://liquor.com/slideshows/, http://allrecipes.com/recipes/drinks/cocktails/ that contains a recipe for making cocktails... ? I m building application in clojure, so i need real data to fill in my database! I need big amount of data so it is impractical to extract the data from each particular recipe. Is there a way to get data from more then one recipe at the time?

Posted 3-Feb-15 7:18am

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Richard MacCutchan 3-Feb-15 13:23pm

It all depends on the website and how it presents the information.

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ZurdoDev · Answer 1 · 2015-02-03T08:05:00

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Since you can't access their database directly you either have to use any APIs that the site may have developed or use the WebClient to essentially get the html and then you'll have to parse it.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webclient%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^]

Posted 3-Feb-15 8:05am

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