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R plus Magento 2 REST API revisited: part 3 – more complex samples of use

Posted On December 2, 2018 By Alex Levashovcomment

This is 3rd part of series about working with Magento 2 REST API in R. If you haven’t read previous posts in this series, I would recommend to do it. This article sample use the functions defined in previous posts. You may find them at R plus Magento 2 REST API Continue Reading

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Scraping data about Australian politicians with RSelenium

Posted On November 21, 2018November 22, 2018 By Alex Levashov4 Comments
APH website screenshot

While there is more and more data available in structured formats (CSV, JSON) through initiatives like OpenData, sometimes nicely formatted data still not publicly available. When I decided to conduct a little study of what Australian politicians from the major party post in Twitter. So I decide to find list Continue Reading

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R plus Magento 2 REST API revisited: part 2 – filtered search

Posted On November 14, 2018November 16, 2018 By Alex Levashovcomment
Nested product - Rstudio screenshot

In previous post I wrote about how to set connection with Magento 2 REST API from R and make queries to universal search. Now let’s see how  use filtered search. Also we’ll use other than universal search endpoints that provide access to more specific Magento 2 store information. Using filtered Continue Reading

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R plus Magento 2 REST API revisited: part 1- authentication and universal search

Posted On November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 By Alex Levashovcomment
Magento 2 REST API with R hero image

I wrote a post about getting Magento 2 data to R using REST API last year. Now I provide more examples of use and a wrapper over API that you can re-use to get data from Magento 2 to R in a bit more convenient way. Prerequisites Magento 2 I Continue Reading

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Are petrol prices in Australia fair?

Posted On October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 By Alex Levashov1 Comment
Crude oil and retail petrol prices scatterplot

Petrol is a product that used by most of Australians. So people are pretty sensitive to price changes, especially when the fuel become more expensive. With prices reaching $1.6 for unleaded the debates are becoming more and more hot. Are greedy petrol traders ripping off Australians or the price changes Continue Reading

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Shopify customer segments

Posted On March 5, 2018 By Alex Levashovcomment

Not so long time ago Shopify has published its annual report.  Thanks to the fact that Shopify is a publicly traded company and obliged to publish such reports, we have a rare opportunity to get better understanding how the business of leading ecommerce platform work. If you wish to view full Continue Reading

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Accessing Magento 2 REST API from R

Posted On November 7, 2017November 23, 2017 By Alex Levashovcomment

Magento is my bread and butter and I like to do data analysis with R. Hence I though, can I access Magento 2 data through R directly, without need of export or connect to the database? Magento 2 has API, so I’ve decided to give it a try. Magento (including Continue Reading

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Australia Post to launch a marketplace

Posted On October 25, 2017 By Alex Levashov3 Comments
Australia Post to Launch a Marketplace hero image

It isn’t a fact yet, but my educated guess: Australia Post will launch a marketplace sooner rather than later. Australian eCommerce landscape changes quickly. Just an year ago we only really had eBay as a major player in general eCommerce marketplace space. Now we have also Catch Of The Day Continue Reading

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Bitcoin vs Paypal comparison of size and transaction cost

Posted On August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 By Alex Levashov2 Comments
Paypal vs Bitcoin infographic comparison of transaction volume, cost and time

Bitcoin and more in general blockchain technology is a very hot topic now. Every man and his dog either invest in crypto-currency or work in a start-up based on this technology. One of the benefit that often promised by blockchain pundits is a decreased transaction cost. For example people from Continue Reading

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Ecommerce platforms wordclouds – Magento, Hybris, Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce

Posted On May 15, 2017May 15, 2017 By Alex Levashov2 Comments
Magento word cloud

We can’t really find (at least at the moment) what people think about different topics, but thanks for technologies we can find out what they write about it, which is rather close in many cases. Today I decided to explore what people write about different ecommerce platforms since this is Continue Reading

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