Tried a web scraper vs copy-pasting product data for a work project

I had to pull 200 product specs from a supplier site for our catalog last week. Spent the first 3 hours copy-pasting before trying a free scraper, and it finished the rest in 45 seconds flat. Has anyone else had a similar 'why didn't I just automate this sooner' moment?

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reese5506d ago

Idk man, sometimes copy pasting helps me catch formatting errors the scraper would miss.

xena_taylor645d ago

Wait, is that really the main reason though @reese550? I mean, it's a fair point about formatting. But idk if one bad parse is worth the hassle of copy pasting everything twice.