website grabber

Web grabber refers to an application that takes the html or information from a web page to take data which can then be converted to a suitable form.  Also referred to as a layman's term for web scraping or getting data from the web, hence "web grabber". Web scraper is another commonly used phrase for a web grabber program.  Website grabber programs will simulate a person viewing a web site with a browser. With these scripts you can connect to a web page and request a page, exactly as a browser would do, this is sometimes referred to as web content grabber programming. The web server will send back the page which you can then manipulate or take specific information from.  Common uses for web grabbers are collecting, pictures, content, images or other information on the webpage.  For instance a market researcher may use a website grabber to collect customer information and specific customers emails for a marketing campaign.  A scientific researcher may use a web site grabber to collect statistical data from several websites for their research.  A business may use a web content grabber to collect and compare pricing options from their competitor's websites.  Or may use a web picture grabber to iterate through a website and download all the pictures to a data set, also known as a web image grabber as well. 

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