Web.WikiCFP.Scraper

import qualified Network.HTTP as H
import Web.WikiCFP.Scraper (scrapeSearchEvents)

main :: IO ()
main =  do
  res <- H.getResponseBody =<< H.simpleHTTP (H.getRequest "http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/tool.search?q=japan&year=t")
  print $ scrapeSearchEvents res

This module scrapes WikiCFP pages (http://wikicfp.com/) for call-for-papers. It helps you stay up to date with deadlines of academic paper submissions.

Scraper routines

scrapeConfEvents :: HTML input => input -> Either ErrorMsg [Event]

Scrape a page of a conference, for example, http://wikicfp.com/cfp/program?id=2671

scrapeSearchEvents :: HTML input => input -> Either ErrorMsg [Event]

Scrape a page of search results, for example, http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/tool.search?q=cloud&year=t

Types

type ErrorMsg = String

class HTML a where

Types of input HTML data to scrape.

Methods

decodeToText :: a -> Either ErrorMsg Text

Instances

HTML ByteString

It just assumes UTF-8 encoding.

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decodeToText :: ByteString -> Either ErrorMsg Text

HTML ByteString

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decodeToText :: ByteString -> Either ErrorMsg Text

HTML Text

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decodeToText :: Text -> Either ErrorMsg Text

HTML Text

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decodeToText :: Text -> Either ErrorMsg Text0

HTML String

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decodeToText :: String -> Either ErrorMsg Text

data When

Period of dates (inclusive).

Constructors

When

Fields

• whenFrom :: !Day
• whenTo :: !Day

Instances

Show When

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Methods

showsPrec :: Int -> When -> ShowS

show :: When -> String

showList :: [When] -> ShowS

Eq When

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Methods

(==) :: When -> When -> Bool

(/=) :: When -> When -> Bool

Ord When

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compare :: When -> When -> Ordering

(<) :: When -> When -> Bool

(<=) :: When -> When -> Bool

(>) :: When -> When -> Bool

(>=) :: When -> When -> Bool

max :: When -> When -> When

min :: When -> When -> When

data Event

A conference event posted to WikiCFP site. It corresponds to a row in the table you see conference pages etc, for example, http://wikicfp.com/cfp/program?id=1172

Constructors

Event

Fields

• eventShortName :: !Text
• eventURL :: !Text

  URL to the WikiCFP page of this event.

• eventLongName :: !Text
• eventWhen :: !(Maybe When)
• eventWhere :: !(Maybe Text)
• eventDeadlines :: ![Day]

  deadlines are in an ascending order, i.e., the earliest deadline is the head.

Instances

Show Event

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Methods

showsPrec :: Int -> Event -> ShowS

show :: Event -> String

showList :: [Event] -> ShowS

Eq Event

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(==) :: Event -> Event -> Bool

(/=) :: Event -> Event -> Bool

Ord Event

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compare :: Event -> Event -> Ordering

(<) :: Event -> Event -> Bool

(<=) :: Event -> Event -> Bool

(>) :: Event -> Event -> Bool

(>=) :: Event -> Event -> Bool

max :: Event -> Event -> Event

min :: Event -> Event -> Event