Introduction to import.io
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there is a lot of data on the web
but it is trapped inside web pages
and getting it is difficult
you can use an API
if there is one available
you can write custom computer code :-(
but that is painful
:-(
both require a friendly developer
and a lot of time
for every single website
4 hours 4 days
imagine if...
you could turn any website
into a spreadsheet
or an API
in less than 4 minutes
without writing any code
without writing any code
so how does it work?
this is our web browser, for data
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
record actions on a website
record actions on a website
record actions on a website
there is a crawler to get all data
search multiple sources in real time
create a dashboard for data display
and everything is available over API
powerful stuff
let’s talk about use cases
wanted an iPhone app
with hospital data from the NHS
there is a website but no API
so they built an API
and now in their iPhone app...
...they have hospital data
...they have hospital data
sell laptops
via channel partners
the channel partners are meant to observe MRP = Minimum Retail Price
which means no further discounting allowed
but sometimes channel partners are a bit naughty
this is a problem
so HP built APIs to partner websites
and can now monitor live price data
Global Recruitment Corporation
when job appears on a careers page
they want it in Salesforce
so this guy can do his job
they tried writing custom code
for 4,000 web sites
every website is different
how long would that take?
4 hours 4 days
remember?
8 years 61 years
for 4,000 websites let’s call it 30 man years
with import•io...
0
7.5
15
22.5
30
web scrapers import•io
it took 5 people 2 weeks = 0.2 man years
remember no developers required
visit us http://import.io