From: "Alexandru E. Ungur" <alexandru@...>
Date: 2006-04-17T06:27:09+09:00
Subject: Re: How extract data from a web site?

>>> sender: "Ingo Weiss" date: "Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 06:12:00AM +0900" <<<EOQ
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to use Ruby to read the content of a web site, and then
> extract certain data from it. The site is machine generated so the
> format doesnt' change, but unfortunately it is far from being valid
> XHTML or similar.
> 
> What would be the easiest way to get there? I guess I need some kind of
> HTML parser, or? How to I read a web site into Ruby in the first place?
Hi,

Well for starters you could use your human interface to connect to the
Ruby-talk archives and look there for the answer... :)
No offence, but I'm on this list only for about two months, but this 
question was already asked about a million times... :)

Anyway, Rubyful Soup should make you happy:
http://www.crummy.com/software/RubyfulSoup/

All the best,
Alex