Sunday, December 9, 2018

Job Crawlers

Did you know you can create job crawlers with python? I won't say it is easy but it is not rocket science either. I have uploaded a crawler in the github link below.

It crawls and creates a dictionary of jobs from Caesars Entertainment company
    You can view the jobs on their careers page: https://caesars.taleo.net/careersection/czr_ext_cs/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en&portal=8100120159

A json request is created with the appropriate body and headers. The json response is then parsed to create a dictionary of jobs

GitHub link: https://github.com/rsk2/job-crawlers/tree/master/Job%20Crawlers

Convert ASP.NET GridView to Excel the right way

This sample VB.NET code over comes following limitations of using the Interop dll:
1. RegisterForEventValidation can only be called during Render https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7228718/registerforeventvalidation-can-only-be-called-during-render
2. GridView must be placed inside a form tag with runat=“server” even after the GridView is within a form tag https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6343630/gridview-must-be-placed-inside-a-form-tag-with-runat-server-even-after-the-gri


Github link: https://github.com/rsk2/export-gridview-to-excel