How to Extract Data to Your Database via API

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Today let’s talk about web API: what an API is, how it is used in data extraction and what you can achieve with it.

0:00 What is an API?
API stands for Application programming interface. Some websites provide APIs for users to fetch part of the web data.

0:53 Data extraction with API
One misconception is that API can extract data. It’s not completed true because it’s only responsible to retrieve the data according to the dedicated resources. In most cases, you’ll only get what you request.

3:29 Octoparse Standard API
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3:47 Octoparse Advanced API
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The web scraping templates are preformatted crawlers covering FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Amazon, eBay, Yellowpages, Google, and more. Here’s an article introducing Octoparse web scraping templates
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This video was originated from our blog “Web Scraping API for Data Extraction: A Beginner's Guide”
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