0_tbesse (Flexera Software) asked a question.
Hello!
We have utilized web scraping as a means of data extraction in the past. Web Scraping means we're pulling information directly from the UI of a particular application, sort of like we're signing in on your behalf and gathering information that way. This is used in cases where a public API has not yet been made available by a vendor.
We can gather similar information from web scraping as we would with an API integration, however, the connections are not as stable as their API counterparts and access can be blocked easily.
Because of this, we are no longer building web-scraped integrations and we plan on discontinuing old integrations that follow this methodology. We will be utilizing API and Web Services only for all integrations going forward.
Hope this helps!
Hello!
We have utilized web scraping as a means of data extraction in the past. Web Scraping means we're pulling information directly from the UI of a particular application, sort of like we're signing in on your behalf and gathering information that way. This is used in cases where a public API has not yet been made available by a vendor.
We can gather similar information from web scraping as we would with an API integration, however, the connections are not as stable as their API counterparts and access can be blocked easily.
Because of this, we are no longer building web-scraped integrations and we plan on discontinuing old integrations that follow this methodology. We will be utilizing API and Web Services only for all integrations going forward.
Hope this helps!