Frequently Asked Questions
What is LocoySpider?
LocoySpider is data-extracting tool,it can extract data from websites,and save it according to users' setting.You can save the data as local file,publish to your CMS, or import to your database.You can manage the data completely according to your request.
Why do you need LocoySpider?
Sometimes we need to copy ,and paste data from website,if the data we need to copy is very large,or you want to download some file,or your website content is poor.you want to publish some contents for it, if you do that manually, will take very much time,and so boring.At that time ,LocoySpider can solve this problem,you just need to make extracting rules,and it can work automatically,make your work efficient.
How does LocoySpider work?
When LocoySpider works,it will crawl the URL you set, extract the source code,then extract the corresponding data according to the rules and save it to job database.When finish the extracting,program will save the data to local folder or publish to your CMS or database according to your rules.
What about the system requirements if need to run LocoySpider?
LocoySpider is a desktop application program,we write it with c#,so you need to use it on windowns operating system and make sure you have installed Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or more advanced Framework.
Here is the link for downloading windows .net framework 2.0:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/7/567758a3-759e-473e-bf8f-52154438565a/dotnetfx.exe or http://english.locoy.com/dotnetfx.exe
The memory is sugguested more than 512M.
Here is the link for downloading windows .net framework 2.0:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/7/567758a3-759e-473e-bf8f-52154438565a/dotnetfx.exe or http://english.locoy.com/dotnetfx.exe
The memory is sugguested more than 512M.
What's the fastest way to get familiar with LocoySpider?
We have detailed manual for you ,it will be helpful for you to use LocoySpider.
Do I have to know how to code in order to use LocoySpider?
NO,not necessary.LocoySpider is very smart.If you can read source code of web pages,you can use LocoySpider.But that is better if you know a bit html programming language.
What is the price of LocoySpider?
During the three months trial period ,you can use LocoySpider freely.After three months,if want to continue to use LocoySpider,we will announce the price after the trail periods, you can visit our forum (forum.locoy.com) and you can see the price there.
How do you validate if i purchase LocoySpider?
After three months,professional edtion of LocoySpider you downloaded from our site can not work any more,if you want to continue to use it ,please contact us to purchase.and you can get a forum authorization account, Then we will send you a authorization file on your machine,to make sure you can use LocoySpider continuously.
How to back up the data?
If you just need to back up all the job rules,please copy and save the system/config.mdb under program directory.(If you need to use this rules on another machine,you have to build a new database,the option is in the auxiliary tool menu) If you need to back up all the data,please copy and save the program folder.
How to use the external publishing interface?
That interface is for uplaoding file to website,making it easier,avoiding login and validation and other process.For detailed usage information ,please read readme.txt under interface directory.
How can i get the latest version?
Please press "Online Software Automatic Updates" under "Tools" menu,or visit our website check the latest version.
The data i collected is in chaos,and can not read.What is wrong ?
Program will detect every page's encoding automaticlly,but sometimes it does not work.So then you have to set coding page manually.Please select "Job Advanced setting" to set "source encoding ".
Why publishing failed?
When publishing fails,LocoySpider will inform you to view error log,it records the data returned from server.Analyze the log ,you can find the reason,like did not login ,title is null,and content is incomplete.Then you can modify rules or settings based the problems.
Why i open software,and pop-up "404 not found error..."
"404 not found error,generally caused by firewall, please set firewall allowed or exit firewall then try again!" on the login interface,software needs internet validation when you use it.If you have no internet or firewall ,anti-virus software blocked LocoySpider to visit internet,you can not run it .Please modify settings to make sure program can visit internet.
