Re: [CODE4LIB] ethics of screenscraping library opacs?

Adding to what others have said, an API will likely give you better (and faster!) results than scraping. Not sure if the Harvard Library Data covers what you need, but their data is available via API (or download), for free, in a legal and rights-respecting manner. Amazing resource. https://lib

Re: [CODE4LIB] ethics of screenscraping library opacs?

Nothing to add to all the excellent advice about scraping/alternatives to scraping, but just to say that as someone who has written scrapers for library catalogues (not for the whole catalogue but to get specific information) then I heartily wish that libraries would advertise APIs (where available

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