Scraping product data from GameSpy within ScrapeStorm

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GameSpy was a server browser for online games, but it was also much more. It actually started life as QSpy, a service created by Joe "QSpy" Powell, Tim Cook, and Jack "morbid" Matthews. It was an application that allowed users to list and search for Quake servers to join.

Introduction to the scraping tool

ScrapeStorm is a new generation of Web Scraping Tool based on artificial intelligence technology. It is the first scraper to support both Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.

Preview of the scraped result

Export to excel:

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  1. Create a task

(1) Copy the URL

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(2) Create a new smart mode task

You can create a new scraping task directly on the software, or you can create a task by importing rules.

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  1. Configure the scraping rules

Smart mode automatically detects the fields on the page. You can right-click the field to rename the name, add or delete fields, modify data, and so on.

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Add or remove fields as needed, and rename the fields. The results of the field settings are as follows:

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  1. Set up and start the scraping task

(1) Run settings

Choose your own needs, you can set Schedule, IP Rotation&Delay, Automatic Export, Download Images, Speed Boost, Data Deduplication and Developer.

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(2)Wait a moment, you will see the data being scraped.

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  1. Export and view data

(1) Click "Export" to download your data.

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(2) Choose the format to export according to your needs.

ScrapeStorm provides a variety of export methods to export locally, such as excel, csv, html, txt or database. Professional Plan and above users can also post directly to wordpress.

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