Web Data Harvesting in .NET

**Purpose of the project:** For a defined list of web sites (vendors) data for specific products must be collected, processed and stored in a central database. Products data must be collected either from the html content of the web page or from a PDF file located on the web site. **Note:** For the right candidate this will be a long term project. Please read the documentation provided, watch the videos, analyze the requirements and try to estimate the time you require for the previously mentioned 10 web sites. Please also specify a bid amount. All posts without an appropriate formulation will be ignored. For your bid to be taken in consideration please develop a really simple application using the framework. Use a web source [[login to view URL]][1] . For the search criteria specify term “laptop??. From the search results please extract data about first three products and store it in a text file. See the enclosed zipped word document called "Amazon image" for a visual of the amazon project ## Deliverables **Purpose of the project:** For a defined list of web sites (vendors) data for specific products must be collected, processed and stored in a central database. Products data must be collected either from the html content of the web page or from a PDF file located on the web site.? This project will be composed of approximately 40 templates. Here are ten links with short videos which will make everything very clear: 1.? ? ? ? ? ? <[login to view URL]> 2.? ? ? ? ? ? <[login to view URL]> 3.? ? ? ? ? ? <[login to view URL]> 4.? ? ? ? ? ? <[login to view URL]> 5.? ? ? ? ? ? <[login to view URL]> 6.? ? ? ? ? ? <[login to view URL]> 7.? ? ? ? ? ? <[login to view URL]> 8.? ? ? ? ? ? <[login to view URL]> 9.? ? ? ? ? ? <[login to view URL]> 10.? ? <[login to view URL]> **Required skills:** -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .NET(C#) 3.5 -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? XPath -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Regular Expressions -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MS SQL -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Knowledge of HTTP -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? OOP and familiarity with N-Tier architecture **Development environment:** -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Visual Studio 2008 -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? XML/XPath editor (e.g. Stylus Studio) -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Regular Expressions editor (e.g. Expresso) -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MS SQL client (e.g. SQL Server Management Studio) and server (SQL Express 2008) -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? HTTP analyzing tool (e.g. Http Analyzer) -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? PDF IFilter v6.0 **We provide:** -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Http client framework (documentation available) -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Technical documentation -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Skeleton project and sample project -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Support when you have technical issues **Expectations:** -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Seriosity and commitment -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Status reports at each two days -? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Good command of English and communication skills **Note:** For the right candidate this will be a long term project. Please read the documentation provided, watch the videos, analyze the requirements and try to estimate the time you require for the previously mentioned 10 web sites. Please also specify a bid amount. All posts without an appropriate formulation will be ignored. For your bid to be taken in consideration please develop a really simple application. Use a web source [[login to view URL]][1] . For the search criteria specify term “laptop??. From the search results please extract data about first three products and store it in a text file. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On the following link you will find a sample project. You can use it to create the sample application requested in the bid. <a href="[login to view URL]" target="_blank" shape="rect" ev_id="260">[login to view URL]</a> * * *This broadcast message was sent to all bidders on Tuesday Jan 19, 2010 11:03:00 AM: On the following link you will find a sample project. You can use it to create the sample application requested in the bid. [login to view URL] Also, in total there are approximately 40 templates that will need to be created as part of this project.