Comment by monksy

I don't understand why you're pro-scrapping. ( I did write a blog post on this, and I believe that I posted it to HN before: http://theexceptioncatcher.com/blog/2012/07/how-to-get-rid-o... )

But, wouldn't it be more beneficial to get websites to open up an API to you, communicate to them to do so, or even offer consulting services to build an API?

I know that there are a few cart/store offerings out there. it seems to me that they would have an API.

Magneto: http://www.magentocommerce.com/api/soap/checkout/checkout.ht...

OpenCart Propretary API: http://opencart-api.com/

Prestashop API: http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS14/Using+the+REST+webser...