We offer you now (september 2008) pro services in data extraction. That type of services let you get some datas, some contents, that you should need for your web projects or markets studies.
That type of service ask some details from your side on the type of data you want to extract. We should be attentive too, to the rights that should be applied to some contents. You may also, join us your existing datasources that you want to use in the project.
This webpage of Nicoweb presents you the differents steps that we advise you to follow in the objective to build at the best with Nicoweb some data extractions projects.

The first step in a data extraction is to define the requirements mean defining and caracterising the data that you want to get.
We should define some criterias like in the following list :

• Data fields needed : to let Nicoweb extract only the datas you need, we invite to think of the data fields list that you want to get. With this list, Nicoweb'll can work only on the fields you'll have indicated and maximize the accuracy of the data import.
• Authors rights relatives to the data to import : Nicoweb dont offer you in anyway to get protected datas and/or contents. With the help of the details you want to join us, plus our own verifications, we'll verify that the datas you want to import are well free of (authors) rights and are usables in a third-party project.
• Type of data sources : its important to define the type of data source for a data extraction process. Nicoweb only offer you to work based on websites or blogs. If you have doubts about the nature of your type of data source, you can feel free to write us an email to let us help you to define it.
• "Is the project realizable ?" : some datasources presents securities that Nicoweb cant crack for legal reasons. Thats why Nicoweb need to verify the datasource(s) you want to use before starting any type of data extraction services.
• Data Quantity to extract , to import : the last criteria which can help to caracterize a request of data extraction process is the quantity of data to extract, to import. From this quantity the deliver times and costs can be differents.

Once this first step is well validated, the data extraction process can continue.

Once the context of the data extraction process is fixed and validated, we can study the output format that you want to use for the extracted datas.
Nicoweb.fr is open in terms of formats and basically offer the following exports formats for your datas :

• SQL : the datas will be deliver to you as SQL langage "INSERT" or as a ".gzip" file. We'll send you all informations to import that type of datas into a MYSQL database for example.
• CSV/EXCEL : the datas will be deliver to you as "CSV". CSV is a well known data format that you can use with Ms-Excel or OpenOffice-Calc.
• XML : if you want, we can deliver you the datas as ".xml" files. The XML format will be fix by our services or will be create with your owns requirements and domains namespaces.
• PHP : if you work with PHP, you can want to get the datas as php serialized arrays files. Nicoweb offer you to deliver the extracted datas in this format.
• TEXTE : if this can be realize (depending on the data type you want to get), we'll can deliver you as basic text files or in a "brut version" the data extracted.

You can choose one of the precedent described format or choose to access your datas with a REST API like it's describe in the next point of content.

If you choose a data access method, here it's what we offer you to realize.

• Data access via a REST API : we offer you to access to your extracted datas via a REST API (nftr: see the Flickr.com REST API to understand whats a REST API or contact us by email) on a Nicoweb server. This REST API will allow you to create your own high-level applications that read the datas from the nicoweb server and for which you'll can use some advanced search criterias.

The REST API creation next to data extraction process are a relatively live activity of Nicoweb, so we invite you to contact us via email to see with us how we can realize your project.

If this webpage convince you that our pro services in terms of data extraction and data import have interest for you, feel free to ask the questions you could have by writing us an email to let us study and resolve your request.