BeautifulSoup Scraper
Pricing
Pay per usage
BeautifulSoup Scraper
Crawls websites using raw HTTP requests. It parses the HTML with the BeautifulSoup library and extracts data from the pages using Python code. Supports both recursive crawling and lists of URLs. This Actor is a Python alternative to Cheerio Scraper.
4.4 (5)
Pricing
Pay per usage
9
Total users
866
Monthly users
25
Runs succeeded
97%
Last modified
7 days ago
You can access the BeautifulSoup Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "startUrls": [12 {13 "url": "https://crawlee.dev"14 }15 ],16 "maxCrawlingDepth": 1,17 "requestTimeout": 10,18 "linkSelector": "a[href]",19 "linkPatterns": [20 ".*crawlee\\.dev.*"21 ],22 "pageFunction": `from typing import Any23 from crawlee.crawlers import BeautifulSoupCrawlingContext24 25 # See the context section in readme to find out what fields you can access 26 # https://apify.com/apify/beautifulsoup-scraper#context 27 def page_function(context: BeautifulSoupCrawlingContext) -> Any:28 url = context.request.url29 title = context.soup.title.string if context.soup.title else None30 return {'url': url, 'title': title}`,31 "soupFeatures": "html.parser",32 "proxyConfiguration": {33 "useApifyProxy": true34 }35};36
37// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish38const run = await client.actor("apify/beautifulsoup-scraper").call(input);39
40// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)41console.log('Results from dataset');42console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);43const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();44items.forEach((item) => {45 console.dir(item);46});47
48// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsBeautifulSoup Scraper API in JavaScript
The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use BeautifulSoup Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include:
