A Method of Information Search for Building an Information System with Large Databases
This article deals with the issue of choosing the method of automatic search for information on the Internet that will be used by a web application to update data about models of hardware stored in the database and that are necessary for building information systems with large databases. The article considers two ways of automatic search of information. The first one is to use the API of Internet services of big trading platforms such as Google Shopping, Yandex Market, Wikimart, Goods@mail.ru. The second way is to develop a subroutine in the likeness of search bots. Algorithms used by the procedures for searching and updating the database of a web application based on the considered methods are considered, and their main advantages and disadvantages are analyzed. As a result, the conclusion that the choice of the method for information search for updating the database of a web application containing information about the models of hardware that is necessary for building an information system with large databases is reduced to a choice between their development cost and effectiveness and depends on web application developer is made.