Starting Value

The starting value allows you to add your own list of data that you can use in your project. You can change this under the "Settings" tab of your project.

You can use this text box to:

• Add a list of urls for ParseHub to crawl through
• Add keywords that you want ParseHub to enter into a search box
• Add usernames and passwords that ParseHub will enter into a log-in screen
• Add multiple values for one set of data

Tutorial:

In this example we will enter hypothetical movie urls into ParseHub and also add a price that corresponds to each url into the starting value.

1. Open ParseHub and add in the following url - https://www.parsehub.com/sandbox/welcome2

2. Open the "Settings" tab of the project.

3. There are two ways that you can add your list into the Starting Value textbox:

• Use the "Import from CSV/JSON" option to import a list of values from a CSV file
• If you are familiar with JSON, paste your JSON directly into the textbox

If you have a CSV file called "movies.csv" with two columns (one called "url" and one called "price") such as the one below, using the "Import from CSV/JSON" option to select that file will import your list as follows: 

If you are more comfortable working with JSON, you can always enter the JSON list directly into the textbox: 

{
   "movies":[
      {"url":"https://www.parsehub.com/sandbox/moviedetailsimple?movie=The%20Shawshank%20Redemption","price":"$9.99 "},
      {"url":"https://www.parsehub.com/sandbox/moviedetailsimple?movie=Schindler%27s%20List","price":"$10.99 "}
   ]
}