I recently realized that I am in love with Data Scraping. Thanks to Python and Beautifulsoup to get me into this. In past few months I have scraped data from sites like Amazon, Rakuten and NewEgg. I have started a subreddit for developers who love to scrap sites for fun( or for work). I named it Scraping the Web. You can join here and submit your entries. Happy Scraping!
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Power of Habit Review
A few week backs I ordered a book Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. I came to know about this book a year back when it was suggested by Amazon’s recommendation engine while searching some relevant stuff. The title was catchy so I went to main page of the book and started reading description. Since I have a habit of reading reviews too so got into review section and found pretty positive reviews. Power of Habit is all about how to break a habit in a way that you don’t get into it again. It also tells why we do what we do something in our lives. Book has loads…
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Python Scrappers
For different clients I have written various Python Scrappers BeautifulSoup library to fetch data from sites like NewEgg, Amazon, Rakuten (former Buy.com)
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XBMC Plugin for Online Videos
I developed an XBMC plug for a client that is installed on an Android based set-top box. It fetches Greek channels’ videos from various online video hosting sites like Youtube, Vimeo etc. Subscribed users are allowed to view videos after providing their credentials. The add-on itself is connected with remote server via REST APIs to retrieve/store data. The plugin has been built in Python. Below is the screen preview of the plugin.
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Start
Everything needs a start so this blog. I am resuming blogging after 5 years. Unlike my previous blogs it would be more business and career centric. So, stay tuned!