Most of your examples seem to be for social media tasks. My main interest in it is as a web scraper, possibly to replace python scripts. Is that something ZeroWork would be useful for? Or would the usage be limited by comparison to Python/BeautifulSoup/etc?\u000a\u000aFor example:\u000aI have a python scraper script that goes to website#1, grabs a some data and a bunch of store links for each item, then visits the Amazon link for each item and grabs more details for each item, and puts it all in a csv I can import to my site.\u000aCould I create a ZeroWork bot to replace this script?\u000a\u000aAlso, I currently use Jarvee for bulk Social Media activities, it looks like a ZW bot might be able to replace that also, what do you think? Jarvee accesses the RSS feeds on my site to post from my sites to Pinterest, etc can ZW do that?\u000a\u000aFinally, I tried creating a trial account on your site to answer my own questions but my card kept being rejected, I don\u0027t know why. But can you tell me \u002D\u002D do ZW bots run from my desktop, or are they hosted on your site? If they are hosted, can they run independently from your platform? EG: could I create one for my customers to use specifically on my site\u0027s forms, so it\u0027s easier for them to submit (my forms are long!).\u000a\u000aIf I were to buy tier #1 to try this out, could I upgrade if it does everything I need?\u000aAnd is this \u0027Lifetime\u0027? Or 1 year licence?\u000a\u000aThanks, and sorry for all the questions!

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Glad to see so many questions! Let me try to clarify them all, and if something is still unclear, do let me know.\u000a\u000aZeroWork Creator App is suited to web scraping. Most of the social media use cases revolve ultimately around collecting leads (before the outreach step happens). \u000a\u000aHaving used BeautifulSoap in the past myself, I can attest that Creator App can cover most use cases that BeautifulSoap does.\u000a\u000aThe example that you provided is certainly of the type that you can use Creator App for. Let me describe how you would build a TaskBot for that:\u000a\u002D Use Open Link building block to go to website#1\u000a\u002D Use Repeat building block to save multiple items using Website Action Save building block. Save items as links or plain text or both. (Here is a tutorial that shows how to do this step: https://youtu.be/xZG23iPx3mo)\u000a\u002D Use Repeat building block again to loop though the links and use Website Action Save building block again to save additional data from every link.\u000a\u002D When it comes to how to import data to your site, you have several options: Either download CSV and upload manually (or by using a python script for just this one final step), or let the data be saved to a Google Sheet, or, if applicable, call your site API to post data from the data table to your site (use Send HTTP Request building block for that).\u000a\u000aAnd yes, you can definitely build a TaskBot that posts on social media for you. For example, here is a creator who created a TaskBot like that: https://zerowork.io/taskbot/\u002DUnlimited\u002DFacebook\u002DGroups\u002Dand\u002DProfile\u002DPosting\u002DGain\u002DVisibility\u002DLeads\u002Dfrom\u002DGroups/3617. You can watch her demo video to get an idea of how her TaskBot works. I haven\u0027t worked much with RSS feeds, so I can\u0027t confirm that, so, if you want, try it out and let me know if that part works as well. \u000a\u000aNow let me go over your other questions.\u000a\u000a\u002D\u002D\u002D Do ZW bots run from my desktop, or are they hosted on your site? \u000a\u000aZeroWork TaskBots run from your desktop but the data tables, workflow logic, etc. are hosted on our site. You can run multiple TaskBots in parallel.\u000a\u000a\u002D\u002D\u002D If they are hosted, can they run independently from your platform? EG: could I create one for my customers to use specifically on my site\u0027s forms, so it\u0027s easier for them to submit (my forms are long!).\u000a\u000aAre you saying that you would build a TaskBot that would fill out a form for your customers? You could trigger a TaskBot per webhook, but it would still run on your desktop. By the way, we are working on cloud automation where TaskBots run on the cloud, so it can be that this use case would need to wait for that feature to be live first. 😊\u000a\u000a\u002D\u002D\u002D If I were to buy tier #1 to try this out, could I upgrade if it does everything I need?\u000a\u000aYes, absolutely! As long as AppSumo deal is live, you can upgrade anytime.\u000a\u000a\u002D\u002D\u002D And is this \u0027Lifetime\u0027? Or 1 year licence?\u000a\u000aLifetime.

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\u003E I must admit, it is probably the most user\u002Dfriendly scaper I have ever tried, and I have tried many.\u000a\u000aI\u0027m very happy to hear this. 😍\u000a\u000a\u003E And if you think it can do most of what BeautifulSoup does, then this could be what I am looking for but I\u0027ll test it for a few days first.\u000a\u000aYes, and I\u0027ll be looking forward to your feedback! If there is some feature that you miss, just add it as a suggestion to our roadmap: https://zeroworkcreator.featurebase.app/\u000a\u000a\u003E By the way, there is a Quorabot on the marketplace. I watched the video for it and the creator has integrated it with AI \u002D\u002D do you have a specific AI integration, or do you provide a tutorial on how to integrate with an AI api? (EG: Open AI)\u000a\u000aWe have a building block called Send HTTP Request, and with it you can integrate with Open AI. Here is a tutorial on how to do it: https://youtu.be/QvxZPBRn7N8

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