web scraping
noun
the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
web scraper
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a word derived from
web scraping.
Example Sentences
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The web scraper automatically searches the CoWIN website and Aarogya Setu app every five seconds and gives relevant results based on the filters.
From Slate ● May 5, 2021
Sci-Hub, her pirate web scraper service, has done more than any government to tackle one of the biggest rip-offs of the modern era: the capture of publicly funded research that should belong to us all.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 13, 2018
