How do I extract info from crunchbase

Question

I need to go to this webpage

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/paypal

And then copy/paste data (such as headquarters, description and website) into my excel file. My macro is doing all the work, but the getelementsbytagname does not seem to work... I guess it has something to do with the list structure () Any clues on that?

ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2, 1).Value=InternetExplorer.HTMLDocument.getElementsByTagName("definition-list container")

Answer 1

You are passing a class name to the getElementsByTagName method. Try passing tagname such as "div" or "li" or use the GetElementById method and pass an element id.

e.g.:

 ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value=InternetExplorer.HTMLDocument.getElementById("info-card-overview-content")

By the way, crunchbase has an API that could be useful for what you are trying to acomplish:

http://data.crunchbase.com/v3/docs

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