Building a Personalized Events Database Without Coding Skills
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1. Finding Event Boards in London š
Hello to all our London readersāyouāre the trailblazers for this version of the project!
If youāre not in London, donāt worryāthis guide will help you adapt the process for your own city. By the end, youāll have a personalized list of event boards tailored to your location and interests!
Weāre kicking off by finding the right event platforms for your city via ChatGPT:
2. Creating Web Scrapers with Browse AI š¤
With our sources identified, itās time to gather event data efficiently.
How do we automate the collection of all this information and organize it into a spreadsheet? Enter Browse AI.
This tool makes it easy to turn any website into an API, even if the site doesnāt provide one. The best part? You donāt need to write any code.
Hereās how we get started: Create a free Browse AI account. (There are several pricing options, but the free plan is perfect for this project.)
A: Build Your Web Scraper
Navigate to Robots ā Build New Robot ā Extract Structured Data
Get back to your ChatGPT search, click on each of the sources, copy and paste it to the āOrigin URLā within Browse AI, click āStart Training Robotā and train in the virtual environment