Patents and Publications Web Scraping

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Web scraping is a software technique of extracting information from websites. This type of software programs simulates human browsing or exploration of the World Wide Web by the means of applying low-level Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Web scraping is a technique of collecting information from WWW using a Web Crawler and it is a common technique used by most Application Programming Interface (API’s). This paper is used to fetch the recent publications and patents related to the pharmaceutical industries by developing an efficient web crawler which will fetch all possible information on publications and patents from different pharmaceutical industry websites based on their recent news, meetings and innovations.

Published In : IJCSN Journal Volume 5, Issue 2

Date of Publication : April 2016

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Sushitha S : MCA, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Vijayalakshmi S Katti : Computer Department, SPPU, Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaMCA, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Sowmya H N : MCA, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Samanvita N :

web crawler, web scraping, Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Overall this is very informative application which gives a clear vision to the user to fetch the information on recent publications & patents of pharmaceutical industry. It’s very efficient in this materialistic world, as it saves your time by choosing the right category. The Patents & Publications Web Scraping is a web-based application for fetching. Publications and patents in pharmaceutical industry which provide customized solutions to meet industry needs. This software is developed successfully and is also tested successfully by taking “test cases”. It has required options, and it is user friendly by which the user can perform the required operations. This software is developed using PHP for scripting and query processing and MySQL for back end in Windows operating system. Some of the goals achieved by the software are instant access, user friendly, portable and flexible.

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