https://apollo.open-resource.org/ 2026-04-16T09:41:36+00:00 https://apollo.open-resource.org/ https://apollo.open-resource.org/_media/wiki:dokuwiki-128.png text/html 2016-08-09T19:13:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://apollo.open-resource.org/mission:log:2014:11:24:using-python-lxml-request-as-simple-scrape-robot-for-metrics-from-webpages?rev=1470769988&do=diff Learning to build a simple metric scraper robot I know that we usually fly over webpages just scanning text for keywords and structural bits and pieces of information, with the least amount of attention we can spare. We often don't really read anymore. But today I would like you to slow down, take a moment, get your favorite beverage and sit down to actually read this, because a part of my current work presented a perfect opportunity to go into learning, knowledge transfer, inspiration and of c…