diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc index 4333315..11b563f 100644 --- a/README.rdoc +++ b/README.rdoc @@ -29,24 +29,22 @@ scRUBYt! :-) Let's apply the "show don't tell" principle. Okay, here we go: -ebay_data = Scrubyt::Extractor.define do - - fetch 'http://www.ebay.com/' - fill_textfield 'satitle', 'ipod' - submit - click_link 'Apple iPod' - - record do - item_name 'APPLE NEW IPOD MINI 6GB MP3 PLAYER SILVER' - price '$71.99' + ebay_data = Scrubyt::Extractor.define do + fetch 'http://www.ebay.com/' + fill_textfield 'satitle', 'ipod' + submit + click_link 'Apple iPod' + + record do + item_name 'APPLE NEW IPOD MINI 6GB MP3 PLAYER SILVER' + price '$71.99' + end + next_page 'Next >', :limit => 5 end - next_page 'Next >', :limit => 5 - -end output: - + APPLE IPOD NANO 4GB - PINK - MP3 PLAYER $149.95 @@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ output: $171.06 - + This was a relatively beginner-level example (scRUBYt knows a lot more than this and there are much complicated extractors than the above one) - yet it did a lot of things automagically. First of all, @@ -74,13 +72,13 @@ result pages. Not so bad for about 10 lines of code, eh? You can find everything you will need at these addresses (or if not, I doubt you will find it elsewhere...). See the next section about installation, and after installing be sure to check out these URLs: -* rubyrailways.com - for some theory; if you would like to take a sneak peek +* rubyrailways.com - for some theory; if you would like to take a sneak peek at web scraping in general and/or you would like to understand what's going on under the hood, check out this article about web-scraping! -* http://scrubyt.org - your source of tutorials, howtos, news etc. -* scrubyt.rubyforge.org - for an up-to-date, online Rdoc -* projects.rubyforge.org/scrubyt - for developer info, including +* http://scrubyt.org - your source of tutorials, howtos, news etc. +* scrubyt.rubyforge.org - for an up-to-date, online Rdoc +* projects.rubyforge.org/scrubyt - for developer info, including open and closed bugs, files etc. * projects.rubyforge.org/scrubyt/files... - fair amount (and still growing with every release) of examples, showcasing the features of scRUBYt!