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![ferret](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MontFerret/ferret/master/assets/intro.jpg)
## What is it?
```ferret``` is a web scraping system aiming to simplify data extraction from the web for such things like machine learning and analytics.
```ferret``` is a web scraping system aiming to simplify data extraction from the web for such things like ui testing, machine learning and analytics.
Having it's own declarative language, ```ferret``` abstracts away technical details and complexity of the underlying technologies, helping to focus on the data itself.
It's extremely portable, extensible and fast.
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The final for loop filters out empty elements that might be because of inaccurate use of selectors.
```aql
LET g = DOCUMENT("https://www.google.com/", true)
LET google = DOCUMENT("https://www.google.com/", true)
INPUT(g, 'input[name="q"]', "ferret")
CLICK(g, 'input[name="btnK"]')
INPUT(google, 'input[name="q"]', "ferret")
CLICK(google, 'input[name="btnK"]')
WAIT_NAVIGATION(g)
WAIT_NAVIGATION(google)
LET result = (
FOR result IN ELEMENTS(g, '.g')
FOR result IN ELEMENTS(google, '.g')
RETURN {
title: ELEMENT(result, 'h3 > a'),
description: ELEMENT(result, '.st'),
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)
RETURN (
FOR i IN result
FILTER i.title != NONE
RETURN i
FOR page IN result
FILTER page.title != NONE
RETURN page
)
```
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## WIP
Be aware, the the project is under heavy development. There is no documentation and some things may change in the final release.
For query syntax, you may go to [ArrangoDB web site](https://docs.arangodb.com/3.3/AQL/index.html) and use AQL docs as docs for FQL - since they are identical.
For query syntax, you may go to [ArangoDB web site](https://docs.arangodb.com/3.3/AQL/index.html) and use AQL docs as docs for FQL - since they are identical.
## Installation