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Alteryx connection with Web

prashant007
8 - Asteroid
‎06-22-2022 11:28 AM

Hi,

I wanted to understand if we can use Alteryx to scrap data from websites? is there any way or tweak using Alteryx ?

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Luke_C
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
‎06-23-2022 07:57 AM

Hi @prashant007 

 

There are a lot of variables with this, but in some cases Alteryx can definitely get data from websites using the download tool. Here are a few links on the topic:

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Knowledge-Base/Web-Scraping/ta-p/24952

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Engine-Works/Web-Scraping-will-it-Alteryx/ba-p/429475

 

Make sure you understand the websites terms and conditions prior to doing any webscraping.

 

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Alteryx_AR
12 - Quasar
‎06-29-2022 01:03 PM

@prashant007 I found this link for you ​​​The Data School - Webscraping through Alteryx as if you are logged in

Hope this helps you !

Thanks

 

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