Thanks. How do I get started with the monitoring service? Any pointers? Ben
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:10 PM Subject: RE: CF Spider/Screen Scrape > Yes you can do this in CF, but... > > Screen scraping is very fragile. It can be useful, but I wouldn't > recommend attaching it to a live database. Your competitors could change > their template and then suddenly you're selling your products for $0.00. > Will you as the developer be liable? > > I would recommend, instead of changing the data automatically, just > compiling it into a mail message with links and letting the client > verify the prices by hand. So build a monitoring service. This would be > a lot safer. > > Is what you want to do even legal? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nomad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 6 September 2005 12:01 p.m. > To: CF-Talk > Subject: CF Spider/Screen Scrape > > Hello all, > > I have been asked by a client who operates an online shop to do the > following: > > 1. Create a spider/crawler that will crawl and collect pricing > information > from a number of competitors sites. > 2. Update the clients own database with the information collected > undercutting the competitors by few cents/dollars. > > Can Cold Fusion do this? > Can someone provide some pointers for me to get started. > I understand that this is not an easy beast to tame. > Is there any ready made solution that I can integrate with the clients > website (CF based). > > Will appreciate any help. > > Thanks > > Ben Thomas. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:217404 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
