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Web Scraping & Importing - Ruby/Python/Linux
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Date Posted:October 18, 2009
Planned Start Date:October 17, 2009
Estimated Delivery Date:October 21, 2009
Type:Fixed-Price
Main Category:Software Development
Sub Category:Scripts & Utilities
Estimated Budget:$120
Last Buyer Activity:October 21, 2009
Candidates: 1 - average $111.11
Interviews: none
 
In Progress
Start Date:October 18, 2009
Agreed Amount:$111.11
Hired Provider: Victor R.
Payments: none
Refunds: none
Completed
End Date:October 21, 2009
Feedback to Provider: 5.00
Feedback to Buyer: 5.00
Amount Paid:$120.00
Payout Ratio:108%
 
Buyer Facts
Member Since:November 28, 2007
Country:Canada (GMT-05)
City:Peterborough
Jobs Posted:22
Jobs Filled:12
Jobs Not Yet Filled:1
Current Team size:0
Hours billed, last 30 days:0
Total oDesk Hours:166.50
Feedback Score: 4.98 (8)
 
 

Feedback from Buyer:

  5.0
Cooperation:   5.0

Victor was great to work with.

Feedback from Provider:

  5.0
Cooperation:   5.0

Excellent buyer with clear requirements, coordination and cooperation. I enjoyed working with him.

Web  Scraping  Job
I would like to get all the listings off this site http://www.accountantspages.com/ into a basic listing in my directory software.  I have created the scraper and am providing the urls that list all the pages, so this should be an easy job.

I have used the Parsley/parslets ruby gem to create a scraper ( see usage here:  http://parselets.com/parselets/accountantpages1/3 you can see it pulling the listing information successfully), however some linux/Mac OSX  libraries are needed to run this on my local and I am a windows user.

The ideal candidate would use my Parsley/parslets script and some ruby code to extract all listing from various urls on this site.  IE http://www.accountantspages.com/results.php?start=0&limit={AReallyBigNumber}&cpage=1&value=&company=&country={Repeat For Each Country}&state={Repeart for each State}&city=all

Then then  various cities and states would then be inserted into the tables in my directory  database and then each  listing added in. 

The directory I am using (Edirectory 7.0) also has an import from CVS functionality, but I haven't had any luck with it, so direct sql inserts may be easier.

I also am open to canidates who want to scrap the listing in their own fashion, I just thought having the scraping code already available would make things easier.  

Parsley can also be used from python and unix command shell,
 see example usage: http://parselets.com/dev/

This is my website:
http://bestaccountantservices.com/ it is using edirectory 7 (www.edirectory.com) and A basic listing can been seen here: http://bestaccountantservices.com/listing/location/united-states/alabama

Buyer's Assignment History
Provider From/To Job Title Billed Feedback
154677 10/2009 - 10/2009 Web Scraping & Importing - Ruby/Python/Linux $120 (fixed-price)
318244 10/2009 - 10/2009 PHP & Paypal API $100 (fixed-price)
105296 07/2009 - 08/2009 Link Builder $178 (54 hrs @ $3.33/hr)
143762 02/2009 - 03/2009 Website Management Assistant $49 (8.83 hrs @ $5.56/hr)
25594 01/2009 - 01/2009 Quick PHP Proxy Script setup $22 (fixed-price)
41029 11/2008 - 12/2008 Easy PHP Gallery Work $44 (fixed-price)
166477 10/2008 - 10/2008 Ruby On Rails App Tweaks And Install Via Cpanel - Longterm potential $59 (fixed-price)
26819 05/2008 - 05/2008 HTML Search & Replace $62 (fixed-price)
35274 01/2008 - 04/2008 MS-SQL/ T-SQL Worker $555 (100 hrs @ $5.56/hr)
78797 03/2008 - 03/2008 Need Technical Resume Written $24 (4.33 hrs @ $5.56/hr)
51383 12/2007 - 12/2007 T-SQL/MS-SQL Data Transformations $50 (fixed-price)

Candidate List
Title Name Initiated By Date
Puzzle Solver Victor R. Provider October 18, 2009