Thanks acid, will set it up tomorrow morning when a scrapebox instance frees up
Thanks, looking forward to hearing what you think.
Scrapebox API
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Thanks, looking forward to hearing what you think.
Just to keep everyone in the loop, I'm working on releasing a full version that will expose more of the functions of Scrapebox. This version will be a paid product.
The price will be $297 and will be a two machine licence which includes free updates for the first year. Updates after the first year will be $148.50 per year.
I'm aiming on releasing a working version that exposes most of the functionality of Scrapebox within a week (7 days).
Thank you to all those that showed an interesting Scrapebox API Bridge and have downloaded the beta version.
The price will be $297 and will be a two machine licence which includes free updates for the first year. Updates after the first year will be $148.50 per year.
I'm aiming on releasing a working version that exposes most of the functionality of Scrapebox within a week (7 days).
Thank you to all those that showed an interesting Scrapebox API Bridge and have downloaded the beta version.
I tried running it, but it keeps telling me that it cannot find ScrapeBox - make sure it's loaded and visible (not minimized).
This is not a monster screen and your app loads right on top of ScrapeBox so maybe it's blocking its own view.
You should make it so that it remembers its coordinates when I shut it down, and then it loads at that spot next time so it can see ScrapeBox, which I have off to the right.
This is not a monster screen and your app loads right on top of ScrapeBox so maybe it's blocking its own view.
You should make it so that it remembers its coordinates when I shut it down, and then it loads at that spot next time so it can see ScrapeBox, which I have off to the right.
What version of Scrapebox are you running? The beta was designed to find v1.15.7 but Scrapebox has updated and unfortunately causes SBAPIB to fail.
I'll release a working beta later today for the current version of Scrapebox.
This wont be an issue with the final release since I'm going to change the way Scrapebox is detected.
Thanks for telling me, otherwise this bug probably would have gone unnoticed for a couple of days
Ok, I have fixed the problem and have updated the program.
You can download the updated version here Scrapebox API
The new version of SBAPIB doesn't need Scrapebox to be visible and will also work for any version of Scrapebox. You can minimize Scrapebox to the task bar and it will still work (Scrapebox will sometimes popup after it finishes a task though).
For all those that have downloaded the previous beta, download the new one, it will work. Trust me its worth it.
You can download the updated version here Scrapebox API
The new version of SBAPIB doesn't need Scrapebox to be visible and will also work for any version of Scrapebox. You can minimize Scrapebox to the task bar and it will still work (Scrapebox will sometimes popup after it finishes a task though).
For all those that have downloaded the previous beta, download the new one, it will work. Trust me its worth it.
Thanks for the crash dump, I appreciate it.
The bug is because Scrapebox isn't running, I've fixed it, but I made some major changes to the code yesterday so I need to update SendJSON as well.
I'll release the update in a bit, but in the mean time the current version should work if Scrapebox is running before SBAPIB is loaded but it will crash if its not.
Ok cool thanks.
Have you downloaded the latest version of SBAPIB? The new version fixes the "Scrapebox not found" issue and should run fine (apart from the bug that tainted pointed out).
Are you working on this anymore?
Does this use sikuli to automate it,or can it do it without taking over the screen?
Does this use sikuli to automate it,or can it do it without taking over the screen?
The last couple of months have been a complete clusterfuck and I have had to put certain projects on hold, including SBAPIB.
But I am working on releasing a version soon, unfortunately I can't give a time frame.
SBAPIB doesn't use screen scraping at all. It directly communicates with ScrapeBox. So you can run ScrapeBox and SBAPIB and still have complete control over the mouse and keyboard.
You can even run both minimized and they work fine, although ScrapeBox will open windows as SBAPIB talks to it. In the future I might add a feature to suppress ScrapeBox from showing windows (essentially making them invisible), but that is a future possibility.
At the moment the priority is to release a version that allows interaction with ScrapeBox programmatically via JSON, either locally or remotely.
But I am working on releasing a version soon, unfortunately I can't give a time frame.
SBAPIB doesn't use screen scraping at all. It directly communicates with ScrapeBox. So you can run ScrapeBox and SBAPIB and still have complete control over the mouse and keyboard.
You can even run both minimized and they work fine, although ScrapeBox will open windows as SBAPIB talks to it. In the future I might add a feature to suppress ScrapeBox from showing windows (essentially making them invisible), but that is a future possibility.
At the moment the priority is to release a version that allows interaction with ScrapeBox programmatically via JSON, either locally or remotely.
In terms of a list of the commands and responses, I don't have that data currently available at the moment.
But I do have a list of features that SBAPIB will support (Note: items marked with a * are menus not features);
Harvester
-Load Footprint Merge
-Footprint
-Clear Footprint
-Custom Footprint
-BlogEngine
-Wordpress
-MovableType
-Keywords
-Import
-Scrape *
--Keyword Scraper
--Wonder Wheel Scraper
-Save
-Duplicates
-Clear
URL Harvested
-Start Harvesting
-Stop Harvesting
-List *
--Transfer URL For X Mode
--Add URL For X Mode
--Transfer URL For Y Mode
--Add URL For Y Mode
-Clear
Manage Lists
-Remove / Filter *
--Remove Duplicate URLs
--Remove Duplicate Domains
--Split Duplicate Domains
--Remove URLs Containing
--Remove URLs Not Containing
-Trim To Root
-Check Pagerank *
--Get URL Pagerank
--Get Domain Pagerank
-Check Indexed *
--Google Indexed
--Yahoo Indexed
--Bing Indexed
-Grab Emails *
--Grab Emails URL List
--Grab Emails Local File
-Import URL List *
--Import Replace Current List
--Import Add Current List
--Select URL List Compare
--Select URL List Compare Domain
--Paste Replace Clipboard
--Paste Add Clipboard
-Export URL List *
--Export Text
--Export Text Split
--Export Text Randomize
--Export HTML
--Export Excel
--Export RSS
--Add Existing
--Copy To Clipboard
--Export Indexed
--Export Not Indexed
-Import/Export URL's & RP *
--Export Text
--Export CSV
--Export HTML
--Export Excel
--Import Text
--Add Text
Comment Poster
-Fast Poster
-Slow Poster
-Manual Poster
-Ping Mode
-Ping Mode Number
-RSS
-Track Backs
-Check Links
-Start Posting
-Stop Abort
-Export *
--Export All
--Export Posted
--Export Failed
--Export Captcha
--Add Existing List
--Create Report
--Export Error
-Clear List
Addons
-Alexa Rank Checker
-Alive Check
-Backlink Checker
-BE Moderated Post Filter
-Blog Analyzer
-Do Follow / No Follow Check
-Domain Resolver
-Duplicate Remove
-Fake Pagerank Checker
-Google Cache Extractor
-Google Competition Finder
-Google Image Grabber
-Link Extractor
-Malware and Phishing Filter
-Outbound Link Checker
-Rapid Indexer
-Sitemap Scraper
-TDNAM Scraper
-WhoIs Scraper
So is this dead, or what? Sorry for bumping a four-month old thread but this would be really useful if it was ever finished.
The project is still alive, but I haven't been able to give it my full attention since the contract I'm currently working on is taking far longer then expected.
But the contract is in the final stages (thank fuck) so I am hoping to have a working (production release) version of SBAPI out by the end of the year.
But the contract is in the final stages (thank fuck) so I am hoping to have a working (production release) version of SBAPI out by the end of the year.
Dude.... could you please contact me, havent heard back from you in a long while... i have a very good proposition for you!
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