Script needed to grab snaps from website

[Bigby]

Can someone give me advice on how to go about creating a script, to grab screenshots (titles, snaps, box .etc) from a website. I am trying to get matching artwork for all the Amiga games, and was wondering if instead of manually downloading images one by one, that I could use a script to speed up the process.

I already have quite alot of screenshots (packs from http://gbamiga.elowar.com/files), but there are still some missing.

[fRequEnCy]

  On 1/9/2010 at 10:30 PM, Bigby said:

Can someone give me advice on how to go about creating a script, to grab screenshots (titles, snaps, box .etc) from a website. I am trying to get matching artwork for all the Amiga games, and was wondering if instead of manually downloading images one by one, that I could use a script to speed up the process.

I already have quite alot of screenshots (packs from http://gbamiga.elowar.com/files), but there are still some missing.

What scripting language are you wanting to use? There are talented scripters here that are familiar with AutoIt and AutoHotKey that might be able to help you.

[Bigby]

I already have AutoIt installed, so that one I guess.

[fRequEnCy]

  On 1/9/2010 at 11:18 PM, Bigby said:

I already have AutoIt installed, so that one I guess.

How familiar are you with the language? What's the site you're wanting to grab from so I can give suggestions?

[Bigby]

I am a total novice, tbh The website is http://lemonamiga.com

[fRequEnCy]

  On 1/9/2010 at 11:25 PM, Bigby said:

I am a total novice, tbh The website is lemonamiga.com

So basically have to click on each game name and get gameshot from there? From the way that site is designed (java) so doesn't make it easy to grab text from the page source. It will be a time consuming thing to do. Maybe might wanna try to get a download manager that grabs sites and have it only download images that it finds. Probably the easiest method to do.

[fRequEnCy]

Also looks like there's a few screenshot packs found in the forums of that site. Might wanna check that out to avoid time and scripting something that would take too much effort especially if not too familiar with the code.

[Bigby]

Found a program called pica loader that can download entire images from a website. It's not free (30 day trial though), and works quite well. I'm even grabbing adverts (flyers)!

[fRequEnCy]

  On 1/10/2010 at 12:34 PM, Bigby said:

Found a program called pica loader that can download entire images from a website. It's not free (30 day trial though), and works quite well. I'm even grabbing adverts (flyers)!

Good deal! Saved you lots of coding. LOL. But would have been a good learnin curve. But I would trade timing in for anything. Have fun!

[wahoo]

  On 1/9/2010 at 10:30 PM, Bigby said:

Can someone give me advice on how to go about creating a script, to grab screenshots (titles, snaps, box .etc) from a website. I am trying to get matching artwork for all the Amiga games, and was wondering if instead of manually downloading images one by one, that I could use a script to speed up the process.

I already have quite alot of screenshots (packs from http://gbamiga.elowar.com/files), but there are still some missing.

I have had some success with grabbing screenshots / scans from websites with a program called Web Retriever

[Bigby]

Thanks wahoo, I'll try it.

I'm using Neo Downloader now, which is easier to use that pica Loader.