Programmer for Simple Scraper

I'm looking to hire a programmer for a simple scraper. I need to be able to input a list of keywords and scrape from the following source (replace "error" with keyword variable):

http://autocomplete.support.microsoft.com/ACSearchSuggest.aspx?eleid=query&query=keyword

The output should be a .txt file containing just the keywords denoted within the single quotes (don't need the numbers).

Willing to pay $50 for this simple job, please PM me. Thanks!

hello sir,

i can do this for you. please add me on skype: walcott911 to talk more about the project.

thanks and regards.

Just sent you a pm.

Looking forward to work with you.

Hi,

I have created number of scrapers. Can complete this within few hours.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II

Wow, $50 eh? You're a big spender!

Really inspiring stuff. People spend years learning to program so they can make less than they would if they'd just applied to McDonalds rather than waste all those years.

ringle said:

Wow, $50 eh? You're a big spender!

Really inspiring stuff. People spend years learning to program so they can make less than they would if they'd just applied to McDonalds rather than waste all those years.

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This could literally be coded in under 5 minutes, and anyone who tells you it takes 'years' to learn to program either has never programmed before in their life or wouldn't have a high enough IQ to work at McDonalds.

JFoulds said:

This could literally be coded in under 5 minutes, and anyone who tells you it takes 'years' to learn to program either has never programmed before in their life or wouldn't have a high enough IQ to work at McDonalds.

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It does take years to become a good programmer. Knowing how to write some basic programs in php doesn't make you a programmer. Come back when you can design and implement a SAAS with 100k lines of code that uses horizontally scaled databases and see if you still think you know what you're doing.

And no, you couldn't code this in under 5 minutes. You're also not factoring in time writing documentation, or at least showing the client how to use the software, as well as actually gathering all the requirements and producing something he'll be happy with.

Reading "Learn php in 24 hours" doesn't make you a software engineer.

JFoulds said:

This could literally be coded in under 5 minutes, and anyone who tells you it takes 'years' to learn to program either has never programmed before in their life or wouldn't have a high enough IQ to work at McDonalds.

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Yes this can be designed under maximum 20 minutes.

OP, let me know if you need it completed in this much amount of time

Thanks.

I will do this for $30 and within an hour, with proxy support, multithreading etc..

If still interested, send the pm...

ringle said:

Wow, $50 eh? You're a big spender!

Really inspiring stuff. People spend years learning to program so they can make less than they would if they'd just applied to McDonalds rather than waste all those years.

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Christ, think I need to get some bot making jobs from where you get them then. My custom work is generally $50 an hour and I sell small bots like this from my site starting at $5!

So, where do you go to charge more for simple little bots then?

ringle said:

It does take years to become a good programmer. Knowing how to write some basic programs in php doesn't make you a programmer. Come back when you can design and implement a SAAS with 100k lines of code that uses horizontally scaled databases and see if you still think you know what you're doing.

And no, you couldn't code this in under 5 minutes. You're also not factoring in time writing documentation, or at least showing the client how to use the software, as well as actually gathering all the requirements and producing something he'll be happy with.

Reading "Learn php in 24 hours" doesn't make you a software engineer.

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You said it 'takes years to learn how to program'. You are incorrect.
'Learning to program' != 'becoming a good programmer'.

As you're talking about a factual statement, you're just factually incorrect - your statement is wrong. It doesn't take people years to learn how to program, especially not to the extent required by the OP.

Ironically enough, I've been working on a thin-client SaaS implementation in Django with horizontally scaling Postgres backend over the last few months, and it's about to be rolled out on a website currently hitting just under 1 million unique daily users - so I'd politely suggest you GTFO before you start running your mouth like a kid.

The client wants a program that will scrape keywords from a URL based off a keyword, it's hardly going to be fucking complex documentation. In fact, I'm fairly sure I can predict the 'documentation' for the program someone eventually writes for him, here let me give it a shot:

1) Type your keywords into the text box.
2) Click the button
3) Wait
4) Keywords will appear in the text-box below

Holy crap, that took all of 25 seconds.

Let's say you're right, if I managed to mangle most of my fingers in a car door tomorrow and could only barely write out the ~30 lines of code this would require in 15 minutes, along with 15 minutes to write 4 lines of documentation.

That puts my hourly wage at $100. According to statistics, the average number of worked daily hours for the USA is about 8 hours per working day with approximately 50 working weeks per year.

That would put you on an average salary of $200,000 annually.
Which, I dare say, is significantly above your pay grade.


The OP posted an extremely basic request, with a very generous payout, especially when adjusted for a comparison to the average wage for a third-world country - so don't come and belittle him for no reason just to make yourself seem impressive because honestly - nobody cares.


OP, If you haven't found someone to code this for you already I'll gladly do it, forgo the payment and donate the fee to a charity of BHW's choice based on a poll.

ringle said:

Come back when you can design and implement a SAAS with 100k lines of code that uses horizontally scaled databases and see if you still think you know what you're doing.

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Oh, oh, horizontal scalability, big buzzword, everyone hide your women

Playing with EC2 instances doesn't make one The Architect.

And no, you couldn't code this in under 5 minutes.

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You can't. It 's a piece of cake for any half-decent bot maker.

You're also not factoring in time writing documentation, or at least showing the client how to use the software, as well as actually gathering all the requirements and producing something he'll be happy with.

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Because one needs to write documentation on how to put a keyword and press click.

Let me know if you still need this done.

JFoulds said:

Ironically enough, I've been working on a thin-client SaaS implementation in Django with horizontally scaling Postgres backend over the last few months, and it's about to be rolled out on a website currently hitting just under 1 million unique daily users - so I'd politely suggest you GTFO before you start running your mouth like a kid.

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Congratulations. You know how to use Google.

JFoulds said:

That would put you on an average salary of $200,000 annually.
Which, I dare say, is significantly above your pay grade.

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Now that is very amusing indeed. The fact you think $200k is a lot of money and something significantly above my "pay" grade brings me an inner joy. Thank-you for that. The reality is I actually pay my VP of Engineering more than that alone never mind the rest of my team or what I take home myself.

Stick with finding $50 jobs on blackhatworld little bud. Good luck!

jazzc said:

Oh, oh, horizontal scalability, big buzzword, everyone hide your women

Playing with EC2 instances doesn't make one The Architect.

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"horizontal scaling" isn't a buzzword. You're thinking of no-sql garbage that isn't actually practice in the real world. I'd start with this youtube video v=b2F-DItXtZs

If you'd setup database partitioning before you would know that you can't just add more ec2 instances. It's an extremely difficult thing to setup and a specialist field all by its self.

jazzc said:

You can't. It 's a piece of cake for any half-decent bot maker.

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There's no point even getting into this. The fact you think you can scale sql databases by adding more ec2 instances kind of gives the game away that you don't know what you're talking about. I've also never heard any engineers refer to themselves as "bot makers" either.


Anyway, please just go ahead and ban me from this god-awful forum. Not only are 99.9% of you utterly clueless about marketing, but apparently engineering too.

I'm already worth 7 figures so this forum has absolutely no value for me whatsoever.


Thanks.

ringle said:

Anyway, please just go ahead and ban me from this god-awful forum. Not only are 99.9% of you utterly clueless about marketing, but apparently engineering too. I'm already worth 7 figures so this forum has absolutely no value for me whatsoever.

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Easy mate, we're all trying to get somewhere. Would be interested to hear what you are willing to share.

This is why these bots break all the time. You could code this in under an hour if you had a framework for a similar bot and just needed to make some adjustments, but even something as simple as this, you should be sanitizing any user input and handling any possible errors. Most people skip over these steps and it results in their bot breaking.

by the way what is that output , some keyword search data fron Bing ?

ringle said:

"horizontal scaling" isn't a buzzword. You're thinking of no-sql garbage that isn't actually practice in the real world.

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That 's so ignorant, I don't know where to begin to comment it. You can freely admit it, the only reason you 're bashing NoSQL is because you can't wrap your head around it.

If you'd setup database partitioning before you would know that you can't just add more ec2 instances. It's an extremely difficult thing to setup and a specialist field all by its self.

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Again, it 's difficult for you. Don't extrapolate your weakness around to make your e-dick harder.

There's no point even getting into this. The fact you think you can scale sql databases by adding more ec2 instances kind of gives the game away that you don't know what you're talking about.

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That 's what you assumed because that 's how shallow your education is.

I've also never heard any engineers refer to themselves as "bot makers" either.

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Skills trump words, in case you haven't realized.

Anyway, please just go ahead and ban me from this god-awful forum. Not only are 99.9% of you utterly clueless about marketing, but apparently engineering too. I'm already worth 7 figures so this forum has absolutely no value for me whatsoever.

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Only reason one can get banned is by breaking the rules. That said, feel free to spend your 7 figure time somewhere where people buy your crap stories.

Thanks.

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You 're welcome.

jazzc said:

Playing with EC2 instances doesn't make one The Architect.

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If I could infinitely +rep you for that, I would bahaha.

ringle said:

Congratulations. You know how to use Google.

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I'll gladly answer any other questions you have, unlike some people I have more skill than just throwing out bullshit and buzzwords and hoping people pay me attention.

ringle said:

Now that is very amusing indeed. The fact you think $200k is a lot of money and something significantly above my "pay" grade brings me an inner joy. Thank-you for that. The reality is I actually pay my VP of Engineering more than that alone never mind the rest of my team or what I take home myself.

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I would almost have believed this line if you hadn't said that me thinking $200k is a lot of money brings you inner joy. Sorry, $200k is a lot of money to anyone. I know plenty of international venture capitalists who wouldn't scoff at a $200k investment, so yeah, stop talking shit.

ringle said:

Stick with finding $50 jobs on blackhatworld little bud. Good luck!

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Unlike you, who has offered absolutely nothing to this forum besides belittling and bullshit, I have offered already to do this job free of charge and donate the fee to a charity of BHW or the OP's choice. Understandably, it would take you significantly longer than me to perform this task, so I can understand you wouldn't want to waste hours doing unpaid work, but for me, I can gladly spare 5 minutes in my lunch break to do some charity work and help a fellow BHW member.

ringle said:

"horizontal scaling" isn't a buzzword. You're thinking of no-sql garbage that isn't actually practice in the real world. I'd start with this youtube video v=b2F-DItXtZs

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As said by jazzc, this just exposes your utter ignorance. NoSQL is used by a hell of a lot of major companies (I've got experience with MongoDB, but I'm sure there are other widely implemented solutions) and frankly, your view that it 'isn't actually practiced in the real world' makes me laugh.

ringle said:

If you'd setup database partitioning before you would know that you can't just add more ec2 instances. It's an extremely difficult thing to setup and a specialist field all by its self.

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I don't manage any of my databases using EC2, it's much more effective to use Amazon RDS when dealing with cloud hosting AWS, I'd rather not waste time updating daemons all afternoon.

ringle said:

I've also never heard any engineers refer to themselves as "bot makers" either.

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The OP isn't asking to hire a Cambridge CompSci PhD graduate to develop a 10 million line scalable code implementation to manage half a billion active users, he's asking for someone to make him a bot. That's like saying you've never seen any artists refer to themselves as 'painters' when someone is looking to hire an individual to paint their shed.

ringle said:

Anyway, please just go ahead and ban me from this god-awful forum. Not only are 99.9% of you utterly clueless about marketing, but apparently engineering too.

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Honestly, you're not even worth the mouse click it would take to do that. Nobody cares about your attention whoring. Frankly, I couldn't give a shit if you make $10,000,000 per year or $10. You're not conducive to the atmosphere we strive for in this community and no amount of capital will help you with that. You'll be a jackass regardless of your salary.

ringle said:

I'm already worth 7 figures so this forum has absolutely no value for me whatsoever.

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Cool story bro. I have absolutely no doubt that there are numerous BHW members who are worth a great deal more than you, and a large number that are worth a lot less than you. Personally I don't judge anyone by 'how much they are worth', and the very fact that you consider this a good measure of a person exposes your ignorance and stupidity. There are many, many thousands of people who are a lot more intelligent than you that earn a great, great deal less than their potential. If someone can teach me something, I don't care if they're a multi-billionaire or a pauper. Capital cannot serve as a replacement for knowledge.

Anyone else feel like they took a wrong turn somewhere?