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How To Get Data From A Website And Make Use Of It In Your Website by Ncej(op): 11:34am On Jun 05, 2015

Hello guys,
Please, i need help to move on with the program i am writing.
I want to know how i can get data from a website and use that data in my website. I have searched google and came across API, CURL and others.
But i dnt know where to start from i.e i dnt know how to create API or CURL and use them.
Please, i will be open to any online tutorial that will help.

Thanks in advance.

Re: How To Get Data From A Website And Make Use Of It In Your Website by fattbabakay(m): 12:00pm On Jun 05, 2015

Ncej:
Hello guys,
Please, i need help to move on with the program i am writing.
I want to know how i can get data from a website and use that data in my website. I have searched google and came across API, CURL and others.
But i dnt know where to start from i.e i dnt know how to create API or CURL and use them.
Please, i will be open to any online tutorial that will help.

Thanks in advance.

What kind of data are we talkin abou?

Re: How To Get Data From A Website And Make Use Of It In Your Website by Ncej(op): 12:56pm On Jun 05, 2015

fattbabakay:
What kind of data are we talkin abou?

Thanks for your reply.
I need username, email, password, mobile number.

The website i want to get the data from is my website and also the website i want to use the data is my website. The websites are different, not the same domain.

Re: How To Get Data From A Website And Make Use Of It In Your Website by Adesege(m): 5:07pm On Jun 05, 2015

Yes, you can use cURL. But consider a RestFul API.
A restFul API is the best method to accomplish what you looking for.

Re: How To Get Data From A Website And Make Use Of It In Your Website by Kennycss: 6:28pm On Jun 05, 2015

i would say u shldnt v a itz-a-complex-stuff mindset. Follow links on wikipedia-i gain lots there, and veteran developers...

Re: How To Get Data From A Website And Make Use Of It In Your Website by Ncej(op): 7:39pm On Jun 05, 2015

Adesege:
Yes, you can use cURL. But consider a RestFul API.

A restFul API is the best method to accomplish what you looking for.

Thanks for your response.
Do you know any tutorial that can help?

Re: How To Get Data From A Website And Make Use Of It In Your Website by Ncej(op): 7:43pm On Jun 05, 2015

Kennycss:
i would say u shldnt v a itz-a-complex-stuff mindset. Follow links on wikipedia-i gain lots there, and veteran developers...

Thanks for your response.
Complexity dn't really matter, i'm ready to learn it ASAP.

Re: How To Get Data From A Website And Make Use Of It In Your Website by Adesege(m): 8:10pm On Jun 05, 2015

A lil' bit of googling might help.

Ncej:
Thanks for your response. Do you know any tutorial that can help?

Re: How To Get Data From A Website And Make Use Of It In Your Website by Ncej(op): 8:23pm On Jun 05, 2015

Thanks for all response on this topic.

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