Web Data Miner

Chances are you need to grab various details from a web page, but it proves to be quite a time-consuming and frustrating operation to have to grab different types of data manually. On the bright side of things, you can use specialized applications like Web Data Miner in order to make your work a lot easier.

Before you enjoy all the application has to offer, it’s a good idea to check if your computer is fitted with .NET Framework, because it’s a mandatory requirement for functionality. With setup over before you realize, you can bring up the main window to start data mining.

The interface is pretty well organized. You can use the application to navigate to the page of interest, thanks to the integrated browser fitted with navigation controls, URL field, generous preview section, as well as a favorites manager. This allows you to save multiple pages which helps with your projects on the long-run.

There are a couple of steps to the entire operation. First of all, you need to make up your mind about the data you want to extract. In other words, starting the capture session lets you manually pick elements from the active web page, with a pop-up window showing up to help you choose the right type of content, which can be text, image, follow link, click, HTML, link, siblings content, URL, number, and email.

Each type of content you capture gets saved to a custom report table for which you set the name of column headers. You can extract data from different web pages, because content is actually saved on your computer at the end of the mining operation.

This is also the second and last step. Mining data is done in a different window. Through mining the application literally grabs selected items, and gives you the possibility to export data. You can configure the total number of pages to include.

Last but not least, the application comes with a variety of tools to help out even more. Capture sessions can be saved to file, which comes in handy when you schedule tasks, since they require a saved capture session. External links can be used through tools, and you can delete browser history.

Web Data Miner is a reliable application which lets you easily extract custom content from multiple pages at a time. Selection of elements is quite intuitive, while the miner only grabs data and lets you export.