This is a simple demonstration of how product information could be extracted directly from an Amazon.com page. To run in on your system, you will need the following prerequisites installed on your system.
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Ruby 1.9.3 or higher.
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Phantom JS
- To install this, run the following command through homebrew:
$ brew install phantomjs
- The following ruby gems:
- capybara
- poltergeist
To install them, run the following commands
$ gem install capybara
$ gem install poltergeist
To run this program, type ruby getprice.rb from your command line, like this:
$ ruby getprice.rb
Enter the ASIN for the product you want to look up.
Examples: B00CMHWTRQ or B0063I7OO8
ASIN: B0097BEFI6
Downloading http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0097BEFI6
{:product_name=>"Apple iPod touch 16GB Black/Silver (5th Generation) NEWEST MODEL", :price=>"$240.06", :sales_rank=>"#58"}