I often find myself trying to automate content extraction from a saved HTML file or a remote server. I’ve tried a number of approaches over the years, but the dynamic duo of Hpricot and Firebug blew me away – this is by far the fastest way to get what you want without compromising flexibility. Hpricot is an extremely powerful ruby-based HTML parser, and Firebug is arguably the best on-the-fly development add-on for Firefox. Now, I said it will take you about 60 seconds. I lied, it should take less. Let’s get right to it.
I often find myself trying to automate content extraction from a saved HTML file or a remote server. I’ve tried a number of approaches over the years, but the dynamic duo of Hpricot and Firebug blew me away – this is by far the fastest way to get what you want without compromising flexibility. 
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