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Puppeteer Scraper

Puppeteer Scraper

apify/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.

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You can access the Puppeteer Scraper programmatically from your own JavaScript 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    "globs": [
17        {
18            "glob": "https://crawlee.dev/*/*"
19        }
20    ],
21    "pseudoUrls": [],
22    "excludes": [
23        {
24            "glob": "/**/*.{png,jpg,jpeg,pdf}"
25        }
26    ],
27    "linkSelector": "a",
28    "pageFunction": async function pageFunction(context) {
29        const { page, request, log } = context;
30        const title = await page.title();
31        log.info(`URL: ${request.url} TITLE: ${title}`);
32        return {
33            url: request.url,
34            title
35        };
36    },
37    "proxyConfiguration": {
38        "useApifyProxy": true
39    },
40    "initialCookies": [],
41    "waitUntil": [
42        "networkidle2"
43    ],
44    "preNavigationHooks": `// We need to return array of (possibly async) functions here.
45        // The functions accept two arguments: the "crawlingContext" object
46        // and "gotoOptions".
47        [
48            async (crawlingContext, gotoOptions) => {
49                const { page } = crawlingContext;
50                // ...
51            },
52        ]`,
53    "postNavigationHooks": `// We need to return array of (possibly async) functions here.
54        // The functions accept a single argument: the "crawlingContext" object.
55        [
56            async (crawlingContext) => {
57                const { page } = crawlingContext;
58                // ...
59            },
60        ]`,
61    "customData": {}
62};
63
64// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
65const run = await client.actor("apify/puppeteer-scraper").call(input);
66
67// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
68console.log('Results from dataset');
69console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
70const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
71items.forEach((item) => {
72    console.dir(item);
73});
74
75// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Puppeteer Scraper for headless Chrome API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Puppeteer Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

npm install apify-client

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Maintained by Apify
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  • 358 monthly users
  • 55 stars
  • 99.7% runs succeeded
  • 89 days response time
  • Created in Apr 2019
  • Modified 4 months ago