Browser-based Twitter scraper. Coming soon. Maybe. – Are you a coderfag? This little project might interest you. Would you be willing to undertake the coding and maintenance of a Twitter scraper using the base code that I've put together? I will always be available if you need my assistance, of course.

If you are not already familiar with Alleycat Player then you should take a look at it. That is where the base code for the Twitter scraper is coming from. In particular, the Local Proxy Server is an invaluable tool for this project. Without it, it would not be possible to build such a project on a web browser (at least, not without messing around with the browser internals).

Why code the project inside a web browser? Well, why not? The modern web browser is a powerful development environment which rivals anything that you could put together for a desktop app. Why not use what everybody already has? The problem, though, is that a project like a Twitter scraper runs up against browser security issues which can only be solved with a proxy server.

I have built such a proxy server. This project is just one of many ways to leverage its capabilities. Follow the link below and install Alleycat Player. Get the file called "twatter-demo.htm" and save it in the Alleycat folder. Run it as "http://localhost:8080/twatter-demo.htm" (it will not work any other way).

I will stick around for a couple of breads to see if there are any takers. This project won't happen without you.

https://archive.org/details/alleycat-player