Scraping Recipes on the Web – Now with Display and Print / / No Comments A few weeks back I wrote up the process of building an API that looks for JSON-LD on a web page containing recipe information, parses it, and returns it as pure data. You can (and should before continuing on) find that post here: Scraping Recipes Using Node.js, Pipedream, and JSON-LD. When I first shared this, someone (I forget your name, but thank you!) asked the natural follow-up question – can we then render this to HTML or PDF? The answer is, of course, I just had to stop being lazy and build a proper web app. I fired up Glitch and created the following little demo. It isn’t the prettiest demo, but it gets the job done – converting a recipe site that’s 90% adds/commentary... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: display, print, Recipes, Scraping
Advanced Code Display with Code Detection API (Sponsored) / / No Comments Web apps are accepting numerous types of inputs, from basic text to code to imagery, files, and more. It’s important that we validate the contents we receive but if you do allow arbitrary text, it’s good to know what exactly has been submitted so you can present it properly. Enter the Code Detection API — an API that allows you to detect code in text! Quick Hits Detects code block inside arbitrary text input Proposes the detected language and formats input accordingly Supports dozens of programming languages Excellent documentation with numerous code examples Helps to format communications between remote employees Start for free! Brought to you by APILayer, the amazing API... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Advanced, code, Detection, display, Sponsored
Google Maps will soon display Covid-19 vaccination sites – Pacifica Tribune / / No Comments Google Maps will soon display Covid-19 vaccination sites Pacifica Tribune Google announces COVID-19-related changes to Maps and Search apps PhoneArena Google Search and Maps will soon list COVID-19 vaccination locations 9to5Google Google Search and Maps will soon show vaccination centers in the US Android Police Google to show vaccination locations in Maps and Search, and optimize deliveries using AI Chrome Unboxed View Full Coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: COVID19, display, Google, maps, Pacifica, sites, Soon, Tribune, vaccination
Google Maps app updated to fill iPhone X edge-to-edge OLED display – AppleInsider (press release) (blog) / / No Comments AppleInsider (press release) (blog) Google Maps app updated to fill iPhone X edge-to-edge OLED displayAppleInsider (press release) (blog)One of the most popular applications on the iOS App Store now takes advantage of the edge-to-edge OLED display on the iPhone X, as Google Maps has been updated to accommodate Apple's flagship handset. Google Maps version 4.41 is a free update now …Google Maps iOS update adds iPhone X supportSlashGearall 52 news articles » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: AppleInsider, blog, display, edgetoedge, fill, Google, iPhone, maps, OLED, press, release, updated