#💡 Simple bot that uses webscraping (I don’t think there is a public API available for the DevHub)...
distant skiff
earnest bramble
for example you could do /class TextLabel and it would generate a simple summary of the TextLabel class
or /method Instance.new and it would pull up arguments and details on what it does
it would certainly take time to create but it would be well worth it and the people of #📜︱scripting-help-classic will thank you
vale girder
i suggested this months ago 😭
earnest bramble
for good reason lmao
earnest bramble
I could probably do this myself lmao
ancient vine
Currently not even near to being a priority quite some stuff has to get done before we even begin with this
I think people forget how much maintenance there is behind web scraping parts that aren’t made for it, not forgetting rate limits and other related things (data storage, caching, lots and lots of upkeep)
scraping one page is extremely easy
designing a system that can accurately scrape, store and do all other things reliably without upkeep is something else
earnest bramble
Theres nothing to like store
Honestly no need for a database it just needs a server that has decent memory
And roblox probably wouldnt have any webscraping detection cause theres really no point
ancient vine
Theres nothing to like store
So you would scrape it over and over again
ancient vine
looking at the website you could easily get it in json format
there's no public api, but this is way handier than scraping it
let alone running selenium
if it used js selenium would've been an ok choice
after cutting out the useless parts
after cutting out all the useless information again
vale girder
meex we get it
ancient vine
im just helping gather data that would be useful
it should be faster and easier than scraping
im not gonna make it into a bot
thought you guys would appreciate it
nvm
@earnest bramble sorry if i came over rude, got annoyed and wasn't thinking about what i was saying
earnest bramble
didn't see the unedited messages so youre fine
and i understand why you wouldn't
vale girder
thought you guys would appreciate it
i would appreciate it a lot
would be amazing be able to link docs via a simple command
instead of having to hop on your browser and find it, especially if you're on mobile
ancient vine
vale girder
woa