Must-Match Patterns

You may restrict the spider to only follow links that match any one of a set of "must-match" wildcard patterns. The AddMustMatchPattern can be called repeatedly to add must-match patterns.

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require 'chilkat'

# The Chilkat Spider component/library is free.
spider = Chilkat::CkSpider.new()

# First, we'll get the outbound links for a page in the
# Google directory.  Then we'll add some must-match
# and then re-fetch, to see it work...

spider.Initialize("directory.google.com")
spider.AddUnspidered("http://directory.google.com/Top/Recreation/Outdoors/Hiking/Backpacking/")

success = spider.CrawlNext()

# Display the outbound links

for i in 0 .. spider.get_NumOutboundLinks() - 1
    print spider.getOutboundLink(i) + "\n";
end

# The output:
# http://www.backpacker.com
# http://www.cmc.org
# http://www.backpacking.net
# http://www.thebackpacker.com/
# http://www.rei.com/online/store/LearnShareArticlesList?categoryId=Camping
# http://www.trailspace.com/
# http://www.catskillhikes.com/
# http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/asia/nepal/favpicks.htm
# http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/index.html
# http://www.yetizone.com/
# http://www.backpackingfun.com
# http://www.freezerbagcooking.com/
# http://www.spadout.com/backpacking/
# http://sierrabackpacker.com
# http://www.abovecalifornia.com/
# http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/r/p/rpc1/bbb/
# http://www.thebackpackersguide.com
# http://www.journeywest.com/WB/index.html
# http://www.johann-sandra.com/backpackdir.htm
# http://www.geocities.com/amytys/
# http://www.cloudwalkersbasecamp.com
# http://www.netbackpacking.com
# http://members.tripod.com/~stooges/
# http://www.thebackpackingsite.com
# http://www.thruhikers.com/
# http://www.redcompservices.com/AT/
# http://members.aol.com/CMorHiker/backpack
# http://mywebpages.comcast.net/midwestpacker/
# http://www.midwesthiker.com/
# http://www.WeBackpack.com
# http://www.michiganhiker.com
# http://www.host33.com/backpack/
# http://www.wilderness-backpacking.com
# http://www.thetravelmonkey.net
# http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/add.cgi?where=Recreation/Outdoors/Hiking/Backpacking
# http://dmoz.org/about.html
# http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/apply.cgi?where=Recreation/Outdoors/Hiking/Backpacking
# http://dmoz.org
# http://dmoz.org/profiles/cdog.html
# http://dmoz.org/profiles/justinwp.html

# Do it again, but this time with avoid patterns.
spider.Initialize("directory.google.com")
spider.AddUnspidered("http://directory.google.com/Top/Recreation/Outdoors/Hiking/Backpacking/")

# Add some must-match patterns:
spider.AddMustMatchPattern("*.com/*")
spider.AddMustMatchPattern("*.net/*")

# Add some avoid-patterns:
spider.AddAvoidOutboundLinkPattern("*.mypages.*")
spider.AddAvoidOutboundLinkPattern("*.personal.*")
spider.AddAvoidOutboundLinkPattern("*.comcast.*")
spider.AddAvoidOutboundLinkPattern("*.aol.*")
spider.AddAvoidOutboundLinkPattern("*~*")

success = spider.CrawlNext()

print "-----------------------" + "\n";

# Display the outbound links
for i in 0 .. spider.get_NumOutboundLinks() - 1
    print spider.getOutboundLink(i) + "\n";
end

# Output:
# http://www.thebackpacker.com/
# http://www.rei.com/online/store/LearnShareArticlesList?categoryId=Camping
# http://www.trailspace.com/
# http://www.catskillhikes.com/
# http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/asia/nepal/favpicks.htm
# http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/index.html
# http://www.yetizone.com/
# http://www.freezerbagcooking.com/
# http://www.spadout.com/backpacking/
# http://www.abovecalifornia.com/
# http://www.journeywest.com/WB/index.html
# http://www.johann-sandra.com/backpackdir.htm
# http://www.geocities.com/amytys/
# http://www.thruhikers.com/
# http://www.redcompservices.com/AT/
# http://www.midwesthiker.com/
# http://www.host33.com/backpack/