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Hi Guys,

I have a small business in the UK and i need to get in contact with new business premises as soon or before they open.

iv'e been looking into web scraping to scrape social media Facebook,Twitter and other sites like Yell.com

or the leads i need, as you can tell im new to all this so any help would be great is there any programs that anyone would recommend?

the information i will need to scrape is a new business premises and a phone number..

Regards
(Feb-08-2018, 02:03 PM)LordDeanUK Wrote: [ -> ]iv'e been looking into web scraping to scrape social media Facebook,Twitter and other sites like Yell.com
Facebook either needs to use their API or you can use selenium to automate the browser to bypass javascript, etc. It all depends on how public the content is and the process to get it.
Check out our tutorials for the web scraping tutorials.
(Feb-08-2018, 02:10 PM)metulburr Wrote: [ -> ]
(Feb-08-2018, 02:03 PM)LordDeanUK Wrote: [ -> ]iv'e been looking into web scraping to scrape social media Facebook,Twitter and other sites like Yell.com
Facebook either needs to use their API or you can use selenium to automate the browser to bypass javascript, etc. It all depends on how public the content is and the process to get it.
Check out our tutorials for the web scraping tutorials.


I'm thinking what i need to search is New Facebook business pages and keyword twitter searches, there must be a tool out there i can buy as i wont have a clue were to start coding my own script could i pay someone to code this for me on this forum?

Thanks for the fast reply
(Feb-08-2018, 02:35 PM)LordDeanUK Wrote: [ -> ]could i pay someone to code this for me on this forum?
You can post in our [paid] Jobs section.
There are number of freelance sites where you can hire a freelancer to develop a tailor-made solution for you.
Hi Chris,
Greetings!

Thank you for the response.

Regards,
Norman F.
Hi,
I am a experienced developer and would be able to help you out…
You can reach me on [email protected]
Best Wishes
Andrew
Hello,
i could probably do this for you for free.

Reach out to me: [email protected]