From f85813cd94f5f925067d2b77c903e7382cb7e1ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Hoffman Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:32:50 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] added FAQ entry about scrapy recipes and community spiders --- docs/faq.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index d7d044dbb..ae8e2c519 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -96,3 +96,20 @@ Try changing the default `Accept-Language`_ request header by overriding the :setting:`DEFAULT_REQUEST_HEADERS` setting. .. _Accept-Language: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.4 + +Where can I find some example code using Scrapy? +------------------------------------------------ + +Scrapy comes with a built-in, fully functional project to scrape the `Google +Directory`_. You can find it in the ``examples/googledir`` directory of the +Scrapy distribution. + +Also, there is a public repository of spiders called `Community Spiders`_. + +Finally, you can find some example code for performing not-so-trivial tasks in +the `Scrapy Recipes`_ page. + +.. _Google Directory: http://www.google.com/dirhp +.. _Community Spiders: http://dev.scrapy.org/wiki/CommunitySpiders +.. _Scrapy Recipes: http://dev.scrapy.org/wiki/ScrapyRecipes +