Scrape a webpage in PHP or JAVA

Status: Closed
Prize: $250
Entries Received: 9
Winner: shajijohnc

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Contest Brief

Write the PHP or Java code to create a screenshot of a single web page. In this website we have a million different members who have unique license numbers. The license number is a six digit number given at the end of the web address below. In this example it is 999480. I need a program where I will feed in the license number and you will generate a screenshot of the full page.

To show me that your code is working you must make the following web page:

A web page with a text box and a button. Text box will be where I enter the license number. When I press the “Scrape” button your program will take a screenshot of the CSLB page of the given license number and download the resulting image or pdf to my computer.

https://www2.cslb.ca.gov/OnlineServices/CheckLicenseII/LicenseDetail.aspx?LicNum=999480

If you can capture the image of the website properly then I will declare you the winner. Below is the sample image that your program will have to generate

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Public Clarification Board

HeshamMeneisi
- 11 years ago
Since you are working on windows, would you mind if the app is C# .NET?
- 11 years ago
Apollone
- 11 years ago
The best solution is to use a C library for the conversion.
The request page will be in PHP and you wont notice the difference.

If it's good I will do it very fast.
- 11 years ago
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1. Madaky01
  - 11 years ago
  My software visit and generate the printscreen of each code in about 2 seconds, the advantage is that you can run multiple instances as long your hardware performance allow you. If you don't have enough resources i can offer my machine to generate these 150k printscreens for you.
  - 11 years ago
2. Apollone
  - 11 years ago
  Sorry for the delay.
  yes, it can, and very fast.
  I can do the job in a couple day.
  - 11 years ago
dengzuolin
- 11 years ago
Would you like to let me know which OS platform will you run this program on?
- 11 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  windows server 2008 will the the OS. It should also be able to run on a windows 7 machine
  - 11 years ago
shajijohnc
- 11 years ago
Hi, I can do this quickly. I can give a java tool to invoke the url which saves the screenshot to local directory
- 11 years ago
Binoy K
- 11 years ago
I am Web Crawl developer having 2.5 years of experience. I can scrap webpage for you in either Java or PHP whatever you would like. Please get in touch with me if you are interested.
- 11 years ago
eperfections
- 11 years ago
I can develop this scraper for you as I have already developed many. Please get back to me to discuss details.
- 11 years ago
amitt800
- 11 years ago
You can user Curl in PHP and HttpURLConnection in Java
- 11 years ago
satishlogic1
- 11 years ago
yes i can make this type of tool which would take license no. and scrape the whole screen..pm me to discuss in detail. thanks.
- 11 years ago
Madaky01
- 11 years ago
You're intrested in any other methods(not pure programming - similar with a macro) to make your final app? Also it will be easier and faster to load a file with license numbers and take printscreen to all of em.
- 11 years ago