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		joshu on May 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Preventing Site Scraping AJAXification could make it much easier. GET -> json import.

paulgb on May 17, 2012 | [–]

Exactly what I was thinking. Heck, I've scraped using fake AJAX requests even when a legitimate API was available, simply because opening up firebug was faster than reading the API docs.

jamesaguilar on May 17, 2012 | [–]

This is exactly what I used for my project to scrape Path of Exile item data.

joshu on May 17, 2012 | [–]

Ha! I did the same for KoL once upon a time.

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