# Web Scraping

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-scraping/178476>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 5, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-scraping/178476 "2009-11-05T07:34:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![smit\_shah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@smit\_shah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smit_shah)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-scraping/178476/1 "2009-11-05T07:34:30Z")

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Hi all…

I want to implement the scraping for my rails application.

Any idea???

Thanks…

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**Author:** ![smit\_shah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@smit\_shah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smit_shah)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-scraping/178476/2 "2009-11-05T07:45:19Z")

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On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 07:34:30AM +0100, Smit S. wrote:

> I want to implement the scraping for my rails application.

Rails has nothing to do with scraping, except insofar as it’s serving up  
web pages. You should look at the WWW::Mechanize library instead.

–  
“Oh, look: rocks!”  
– Doctor Who, “Destiny of the Daleks”

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**Author:** ![smit\_shah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@smit\_shah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smit_shah)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-scraping/178476/3 "2009-11-05T08:24:32Z")

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Have a look at ScrAPI. It uses css selectors for scraping and is quite  
simple to use.

Ryan B. has done a screencast as well

> **[\#173 Screen Scraping with ScrAPI - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/173-screen-scraping-with-scrapi)**
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> Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers.

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**Author:** ![smit\_shah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@smit\_shah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smit_shah)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-scraping/178476/4 "2009-11-05T11:32:47Z")

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nas wrote:

> Have a look at ScrAPI. It uses css selectors for scraping and is quite  
> simple to use.
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> Ryan B. has done a screencast as well  
> [#173 Screen Scraping with ScrAPI - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/173-screen-scraping-with-scrapi)

Thanks for your reply…

I have seen that episode. But what if site have made change in css?  
If it will change than I am no longer able to get the data…

Any dynamic solution?