Scope
This product sheet defines web scraping in the context of an e-commerce website.
The target website is defined by the client.
The target categories are defined by the client.
A feasibility check will be carried out to ensure the website can be scraped.
Definition
The List Page Listed Categories Site Scrape product:
- Navigates the target website category structure with the target categoried defined by the client
- Collects products from the lowest level category in the target website category structure
- Product information is collected from the product list page - this is defined as a website page which displays multiple separate products in a list
- Product information collected includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following where available:
- Part Number
- Product Title
- Manufacturer Part Number/EAN/ISBN
- Price
- Short Description
- URL
- Image URL
- Stock Availability
- The following information is additionally recorded:
- Collection date/time
Input Required From Client
- Target Website
- Target Categories
- Data Collection Frequency
- Daily
- Weekly (specify day of week)
- Monthly (specify day of month)
- One-off
- Other - as specified
Notes
This product may not be suitable if the client wishes to match products using the Standard, Enhanced or TOTAL Matching applications.