This document discusses developing an Android application for web scraping content from websites built with Content Management Systems (CMS) like Wordpress. It proposes extracting relevant information from CMS websites on mobile to address issues with limited screen space and needing quick access to relevant data only. The approach uses the jsoup web scraping tool to develop a model application that extracts information from the GeeksforGeeks website. The solution is intended for Android phones version 4.4 or higher and assumes the user knows basic phone operation. Limitations are that it only supports Wordpress CMS currently and the applications are only available on Android.

1. WEB SCRAPING FOR CMS
WEBSITES IN ANDROID
APPLICATION
Major Project Part-2

2. Problem Statement
As number of users accessing World Wide Web using
smart phones is growing exponentially there is an urgent
need to address issues related this mode of access.
Some of these issues includes limited display space,
quick access to ‘only’ relevant information etc. which can
be addressed using Web scraping. Major part of World
Wide Web today exists as web pages developed using
Content Management Systems like Wordpress, phpBB
etc. So a generic approach can be developed for
extracting relevant information from such web pages
using already available Web scraping tools.

3. Assumptions
 Assumption 1: The user knows how to
operate the android phones.
 Assumption 2: The Android Version should
not be less than the Version 4.4 or API
level 19.

4. Approach to the Solution
 Wordpress is the most extensively used Content
Management System. So we decided to develop a
solution for Web Scraping based information retrieval
from Wordpress web pages.
 Thereby we have chosen android application to serve
the purpose. Android is the world's most widely used
Smartphone platform. Android's share of the global
smart phone market, led by Samsung products, was
64% in March 2013. In July 2013 there were 11,868
different Android devices, scores of screen sizes and
eight OS versions simultaneously in use.

5. Approach to the Solution
 For its compatibility with Android platform
we selected jsoup as preferred web
scraping tool and developed a model
application for website
www.geeksforgeeks.org.

6. Algorithm

7. Tools and Technology
 Android SDK
 Eclipse
 jsoup

8. Hardware Requirements
 Personal computer/Laptop
 Android phone (version: 4.4 API level:19)

9. LIMITATIONS OF THE SOLUTION
 The applications are only available for
android users.
 Developed only for Wordpress CMS and
can be extended for other CMSes.

10. Thank You!
A Presentation by:
Dolly Kharbanda (9910103471) F-3
Pradeep (9910103554) F-3
Under Mentorship Of
Mr. Sandeep Jain
Department of CSE and IT
JIIT Sec 128, Noida