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stavros 4 hours ago

Scraping has a very clear meaning here, that of exfiltrating data to store. If he just loaded some images to memory so he could pick favorites, that doesn't fit any definition of scraping I'm aware of.

pseudalopex 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I never heard someone say bulk downloading and data extraction wasn't scraping if it used volatile storage.

stavros 3 hours ago | parent [-]

When have you seen someone scrape data for volatile storage?

zimpenfish an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I've got several bots that scrape various places for transient information which isn't stored anywhere but merely transformed and then posted to the Fediverse and/or notified to my phone.

(I suppose you could argue that the information ending up in a post or notification is "non-volatile" storage but honestly? People will laugh at you.)

pseudalopex 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Price comparison. Alternative front ends.

jacobgkau 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's irrelevant to the definition of "scraping." Scraping from a website is grabbing data, in bulk, not through the website's own interface. It doesn't matter if you save the data, use it in RAM, or just download directly into `/dev/null`. Just like scraping paint off of a wall is still "scraping" whether you're letting it fall onto the floor, collecting it into a trashcan, or sweeping it out the door afterwards.