How to Automatically Extract Publication Dates from WeChat Articles with Groovy

The article explains how the author built a Groovy‑based scraper that reads a Markdown list of WeChat links, fetches each article’s HTML, extracts the hidden publication timestamp with a regex, and rewrites the Markdown file to include the dates, using simple HTTP calls and a brief pause to avoid anti‑scraping measures.

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How to Automatically Extract Publication Dates from WeChat Articles with Groovy

Python Crawling & Data Mining

Nov 1, 2018 · Fundamentals

Master Python Regex: Extract Any Date Format with Simple Patterns

This article walks through building and refining a Python regular expression that reliably matches a wide range of Chinese date formats—including year‑month‑day, year/month/day, and year‑month—explaining each component, testing against sample strings, and presenting the final pattern that captures all cases.

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Master Python Regex: Extract Any Date Format with Simple Patterns

Python Crawling & Data Mining

Oct 30, 2018 · Fundamentals

Master Python Regex: Extract Dates with One Powerful Pattern

This tutorial walks through building and refining a Python regular expression that reliably matches a wide range of Chinese date formats—such as "2018年6月7日", "2018/6/7", "2018-06-07" and "2018-06"—by explaining each component, testing against sample strings, and presenting the final concise pattern.

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Master Python Regex: Extract Dates with One Powerful Pattern