Grapper help document


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Introduction


Grabber is a tool for scraping websites. Grabber lets you choose elements on a webpage and name these. When all elements are found and saved, the elements' XPaths can be exported and used.
This is usefull if, say, you want to create an app that allows the user to read news from a website, but unfortunately this website doesn't have any public API. Grabber allows you to get and export XPaths from the websites frontpage and an article, and now you can parse every article on the website.
Of course there's many other uses for Grabber, but this is a typical example.
If you find any bugs or have any requests, contact me a Grabber@iMakezAppz.com.

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Using Grabber


Finding XPaths (Desktop)
Shows how to use Grabber to find XPaths on a website and save the test.

Finding XPaths (Mobile)
Shows how to use Grabber on a mobile site.

Testing XPaths
Shows how to use a saved test on another site to get the content, and validate XPaths.

Using in apps
Using XPaths requires use of libraries. A tutorial for using XPaths in iOS apps can be found here!
In future versions of Grabber, if it is requested, code generation might be implemented.

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Generating classes




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