BeautifulSoup Scraper
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BeautifulSoup Scraper
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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.
Do you want to learn more about this Actor?
Get a demoYou can access the BeautifulSoup Scraper programmatically from your own Python 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.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9 "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://crawlee.dev" }],
10 "maxCrawlingDepth": 1,
11 "requestTimeout": 10,
12 "linkSelector": "a[href]",
13 "linkPatterns": [".*crawlee\\.dev.*"],
14 "pageFunction": """from typing import Any
15
16# See the context section in readme to find out what fields you can access
17# https://apify.com/vdusek/beautifulsoup-scraper#context
18def page_function(context: Context) -> Any:
19 url = context.request['url']
20 title = context.soup.title.string if context.soup.title else None
21 return {'url': url, 'title': title}
22""",
23 "soupFeatures": "html.parser",
24 "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
25}
26
27# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
28run = client.actor("apify/beautifulsoup-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
29
30# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
31print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
32for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
33 print(item)
34
35# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startBeautifulSoup Scraper API in Python
The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use BeautifulSoup Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
pip install apify-clientOther API clients include:
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4 stars
>99% runs succeeded
Created in Jul 2023
Modified 22 days ago
