Raw Denim Measurement Search Tool

I created a way to search raw denim by measurements.

Remember Heddels Scout? It was such a useful tool. It scraped various websites looking for raw denim size charts, and it made all of that data searchable.  I miss it sometimes. There's nothing quite like knowing what your options are. Especially if you have special fitting requirements - like a long inseam, or big thighs compared to the waist. Or a back rise that isn't too high compared to the front rise. Or all of the above.

Last night I was bored and tired of clicking, so I made a thing that crawls a few denim websites, collects the size data, and dumps that size data into a spreadsheet.  

Here is the spreadsheet that it created, with raw denim size data.

Obviously it's a garbage in, garbage out kind of thing (you'll see a few 3" rises - ha!)

And obviously it's incomplete data because it only crawls a limited number of websites (so far that's Denimio, Self Edge, Rivet & Hide, Blue Owl, Franklin & Poe, Okayama Denim, Railcar Fine Goods, and Unbranded). It doesn't even completely crawl Okayama Denim, because they're inconsistent about how they present the size data.  Franklin & Poe doubles some of their waistband measurements, but not all of them. But...at least it's free information. We'll try not to look a gift horse in the mouth!

By the way, if anyone wants me to add more websites to this, I might.  It depends on the effort/data ratio - more data and less effort. I'm much more likely to add websites that meet all of the following criteria:

• They have a raw denim product category page that isn't mixed with other types of products.
• Each pair of jeans has its own distinct URL.
• Product links and size charts must both be present in the HTML code when the page loads (viewable with "view source") - not generated on the fly with javascript
• Size charts don't require navigating to a different page (i.e., you can "view source" directly on the product page and see the size chart table).
• If the page has size charts for inches and centimeters, then they should ideally be different HTML tables with some way to distinguish between them (a different ID or different class name or distinguishing text in the first cell).
• They have a selection of different raw denim brands that are missing on the websites I already crawled (more data for my effort).

If you know of a website that might meet those criteria, let me know in the comments. 

Happy hunting, but try not to buy all the 37-41" inseams with extra room in the thighs. I might want to buy one of those for my boyfriend at some point.