WebScrape Plugin Channel

This plugin scrapes a web page and uses regular expressions to extract the information of interest to generate a feed.

Instructions

Download and unpack this file. The recommended location is the ChannelPlugins directory in Awasu's installation directory.

Two programs are provided:

• WebScrape.exe is the plugin itself. Start the Channel Wizard and browse to this file.
• WebScrapeSettings.exe is a utility that can be used to help set up and test the regular expressions needed to scrape a web page.

Full documentation is included in the zip file.

Contributed config files

AOPA.org

[ChannelParameters]
BaseUrl=http://www.aopa.org/
Description=RSS news extracted from Web page
ItemPattern-1=<h3><a [^>]*?href="(?P<L>[^">]*?)"[^>]*>(?P<T>.+?)</a>.*?<p>(?P<D>.*?)</p>
ItemPattern-2=
ItemPattern-3=
MaxItems=15
SectionPattern=
Shorthand=
Title=AOPA News
URL=http://www.aopa.org

Contributed by abwilsone

Backwash.com

[ChannelParameters]
URL=http://www.backwash.com/index.php
Title=Backwash: Recent Columns
Description=Most recent columns posted to backwash.com
BaseUrl=
MaxItems=25
Shorthand=
SectionPattern=RECENT COLUMNS(.*?)more_columns.gif
ItemPattern-1=.*?<font color="#006699"><b>(?P<T>.*?)</b></font>
ItemPattern-2=.*?<a href="(?P<L>.*?)"
ItemPattern-3=.*?align="left" border="0"></a>(?P<D>.*?)</td>

Contributed by squeg

Dave Barry

[ChannelParameters]
URL=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/
Title=Dave Barry
Description=Dave Barry's most recent columns, hosted at the Miami Herald.
BaseUrl=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/
MaxItems=25
Shorthand=
SectionPattern=
ItemPattern-1=(.*?RECENT COLUMNS.*?\s*.*?\s*)?<a href="(?P<L>.*?)"\s*
ItemPattern-2=.*?class="digest-headline">(?P<T>.*?)</a>.*?
ItemPattern-3=\s*(?P<D>.*?)<br>

Contributed by squeg

Futon Critic News

[ChannelParameters]
URL=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/newswire.cgi
BaseURL=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/
Title=Futon Critic News
Description=TV News extracted from Web page
MaxItems=15
Shorthand=
SectionPattern==<!-- ARTICLE CONTENT BEGINS HERE.*?-->(.*?)<!-- ARTICLE CONTENT ENDS HERE -->
ItemPattern-1=<p><span class="bigblue">(?P<D>.*?)</span>
ItemPattern-2=<br>.*?<a href="(?P<L>.*?)">(?P<T>.*?)</a>
ItemPattern-3=

Contributed by jessie

Press Releases on Futon Critic Home Page

[ChannelParameters]
URL=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/home.cgi
BaseURL=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/
Title=Futon Critic Home
Description=TV PR extracted from Web page
MaxItems=15
Shorthand=
SectionPattern=highlights:.*?><br>(.*?)</div></td>
ItemPattern-1=.*?<a href="(?P<L>.*?)">(?P<T>.*?)>(?P<D>.*?)</a>
ItemPattern-2=
ItemPattern-3=

Contributed by jese

New Scientist (Latest News)

[ChannelParameters]
URL=http://www.newscientist.com/news/
Title=New Scientist
Description=Latest news from the <i>New Scientist</i> magazine.
BaseUrl=http://www.newscientist.com/news
MaxItems=30
Shorthand=
SectionPattern=
ItemPattern-1=.*?class="newslisthead"><a class="textlinks" href="(?P<L>.*?)"
ItemPattern-2=>(?P<T>.*?)</a></b></td>.*?
ItemPattern-3=\s*<p>(?P<D>.*?)</p>.*?

Contributed by squeg

SoundCloud

[ChannelParameters]
BaseUrl=http://soundcloud.com/XXX   <== insert the user name here
Description=
ItemPattern-1=<div class="info-header"><h3><a href="(?P<L>[^">]+?)"[^>]*?>(?P<T>.+?)</a>
ItemPattern-2=(?P<D>)
ItemPattern-3=
MaxItems=15
SectionPattern=
Shorthand=
Title=
URL=http://soundcloud.com/XXX   <== insert the user name here

Contributed by taka

Youth Specialties (New Articles)

[ChannelParameters]
URL=http://youthspecialties.com/articles/
Title=Youth Specialties Articles
Description=New And Featured Articles on Youth Specialties
BaseUrl=http://youthspecialties.com
MaxItems=30
Shorthand=
SectionPattern=<!-- start cont.*?-->(.*?)<!-- end content -->
ItemPattern-1=<li>.*?<a href='(?P<L>.*?)'>(?P<T>.*?)</a>
ItemPattern-2=</b><br>(?P<D>.*?)<br><br></li>
ItemPattern-3=

Contributed by jesee