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
7
Monthly users
25
Runs succeeded
98%
Last modified
5 months 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 token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const 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 Any
23
24 # See the context section in readme to find out what fields you can access
25 # https://apify.com/vdusek/beautifulsoup-scraper#context
26 def page_function(context: Context) -> Any:
27 url = context.request['url']
28 title = context.soup.title.string if context.soup.title else None
29 return {'url': url, 'title': title}`,
30 "soupFeatures": "html.parser",
31 "proxyConfiguration": {
32 "useApifyProxy": true
33 }
34};
35
36// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
37const run = await client.actor("apify/beautifulsoup-scraper").call(input);
38
39// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
40console.log('Results from dataset');
41console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
42const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
43items.forEach((item) => {
44 console.dir(item);
45});
46
47// 📚 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:
Pricing
Pricing model
Pay per usageThis Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage.
