Puppeteer Scraper
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Puppeteer Scraper
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Crawls websites with the headless Chrome and Puppeteer library using a provided server-side Node.js code. This crawler is an alternative to apify/web-scraper that gives you finer control over the process. Supports both recursive crawling and list of URLs. Supports login to website.
Do you want to learn more about this Actor?
Get a demoYou can access the Puppeteer Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can 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.
1echo '{
2 "startUrls": [
3 {
4 "url": "https://crawlee.dev"
5 }
6 ],
7 "globs": [
8 {
9 "glob": "https://crawlee.dev/*/*"
10 }
11 ],
12 "pseudoUrls": [],
13 "excludes": [
14 {
15 "glob": "/**/*.{png,jpg,jpeg,pdf}"
16 }
17 ],
18 "linkSelector": "a",
19 "pageFunction": "async function pageFunction(context) {\\n const { page, request, log } = context;\\n const title = await page.title();\\n log.info(`URL: ${request.url} TITLE: ${title}`);\\n return {\\n url: request.url,\\n title\\n };\\n}",
20 "proxyConfiguration": {
21 "useApifyProxy": true
22 },
23 "initialCookies": [],
24 "waitUntil": [
25 "networkidle2"
26 ],
27 "preNavigationHooks": "// We need to return array of (possibly async) functions here.\\n// The functions accept two arguments: the \\"crawlingContext\\" object\\n// and \\"gotoOptions\\".\\n[\\n async (crawlingContext, gotoOptions) => {\\n const { page } = crawlingContext;\\n // ...\\n },\\n]",
28 "postNavigationHooks": "// We need to return array of (possibly async) functions here.\\n// The functions accept a single argument: the \\"crawlingContext\\" object.\\n[\\n async (crawlingContext) => {\\n const { page } = crawlingContext;\\n // ...\\n },\\n]",
29 "customData": {}
30}' |
31apify call apify/puppeteer-scraper --silent --output-datasetPuppeteer Scraper for headless Chrome API through CLI
The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Puppeteer Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the Apify CLI
1npm i -g apify-cli
2apify loginOther API clients include:
ApifyActor Metrics
353 monthly users
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70 stars
>99% runs succeeded
32 days response time
Created in Apr 2019
Modified 6 months ago
