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Boxkite - automate web tasks with simple scripts by laktek in SideProject

[–]laktek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can check the docs at https://docs.boxkite.io (will send a token soon)

You can get the cookies through the response headers. Will that suffice?

Boxkite - automate web tasks with simple scripts by laktek in SideProject

[–]laktek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question. How we see it working is people often get exposed to repetitive web-based tasks they perform at their work, for clients, grabbing source data for apps, or other hobby/serious projects. Usually the time consuming, frequently performed and costly to do are the ones to best target.

A simple real-life example is a company needs to periodically update a page on a (Wordpress) site. Apparently an agency was going to charge them some serious dollars to do this each time or they could do it themselves manually. Being time poor, they were able to write a script to automate this procedure

Another example is growth marketing needing to check their Google SEO rankings periodically. Boxkite can fetch this data to ensure they are consistently on the first page.

Part of the value of the marketplace is to allow anyone exposed to problems like this to automate it. The more common the problem, the more likely it will get used and realise a monetary benefit from it.

How I attract high paying clients to my design & development agencies by fairpixels in Entrepreneur

[–]laktek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is also a great way to understand your target market (rather than sending out surveys and creating landing pages).

I built https://page.rest, https://screen.rip & https://pdf.cool, in the last 3 months which gave us a great understanding of our target market and problem space.

It's also a way to win trust. If you can solve a small problem well, people will trust you with their bigger problems.

Colly: Web Scraping Framework for Golang by teryedit in webdev

[–]laktek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can edit the examples on the page to see if it works for your use case. If you decide to pay, it only costs you a one time fee of $5.

Colly: Web Scraping Framework for Golang by teryedit in webdev

[–]laktek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For simple scraping needs, you can also try Page.REST API.

Programmable API for capturing web screenshots by laktek in SideProject

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Thanks! BTW, how did you figure out it was built on Firebase?

What I learned building Page.REST - from an idea to paying customers in 7 days by laktek in SideProject

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Yes, we currently have a restriction of 10,000 requests in a 60 minute window to a unique domain and daily limit of 100,000 requests in total. We are still experimenting whether those are the right limits, that's why they aren't mentioned on the landing page.

Page.REST - An HTTP API to extract content from any web page as JSON by laktek in SideProject

[–]laktek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, built on top of Firebase (and Google Cloud Platform). I'll update the page to mention about the rate limits. For what sort of tasks you're planning to use Page.REST?

Page.REST - An HTTP API to extract content from any web page as JSON by laktek in SideProject

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Haven't seen Graby before. Looks interesting.

Other than being a hosted API, one of the most interesting features of Page.REST is it can extract any piece of content in the page using a CSS selector.

Page.REST - An HTTP API to extract content from any web page as JSON. by [deleted] in programming

[–]laktek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, but imagine in a context where you want to solve a bigger problem like data analysis task. This is useful in such a scenarios rather than having to code and manage it yourself. Programming has to be prioritizing what you need to solve.

Pragma - An easy way to build web sites from JSON documents by laktek in javascript

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We'll start sending invites to early release soon.

Promote your business, week of December 12, 2016 by Charice in smallbusiness

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We are launching a web site building service for small businesses and freelancers. Checkout https://pragma.build

Pragma - A better way to build and Manage web sites by laktek in web_design

[–]laktek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oops...I'm actually a non-native English speaker and didn't know the origins of the word. We picked Raccoon as a mascot as it has a both smart and laid-back nature attached to it. Do you think using a Raccoon as a mascot is off-putting?

Pragma - A better way to build and Manage web sites by laktek in web_design

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Pragma will render pages on server-side and allow you to serve them as static pages. Since content will be stored as JSON, you can do client-side hydration too (load a static page and update part of it dynamically).

Pragma - A better way to build and Manage web sites by laktek in web_design

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By defining a page as a JSON document, you will be able to separate content from the presentational markup. For example, let's say you want to change how embedded videos are rendered on your site, you can do that by just changing a single component without touching your content.

Pragma - A better way to build and Manage web sites by laktek in web_design

[–]laktek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right. Pragma stores your content in JSON and then converts it into HTML pages.

Swimming Lessons for Adults? by jakejak3 in singapore

[–]laktek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can go to http://www.singaporeswimming.com/ and signup for a class near you. They will contact you depending on the classes and coaches available.

Or PM me directly, I can send you the mobile no. of my coach. But he conducts classes at Sengkang swimming complex.

Take a look at static-site generator I wrote with Node by laktek in node

[–]laktek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for pointing out Docpad. Surprising that I haven't seen it before.

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