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Web Scraper

Web Scraper

apify/web-scraper
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Crawls arbitrary websites using the Chrome browser and extracts data from pages using JavaScript code. The Actor supports both recursive crawling and lists of URLs and automatically manages concurrency for maximum performance. This is Apify's basic tool for web crawling and scraping.

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You can access the Web 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  "runMode": "DEVELOPMENT",
3  "startUrls": [
4    {
5      "url": "https://crawlee.dev"
6    }
7  ],
8  "linkSelector": "a[href]",
9  "globs": [
10    {
11      "glob": "https://crawlee.dev/*/*"
12    }
13  ],
14  "pseudoUrls": [],
15  "excludes": [
16    {
17      "glob": "/**/*.{png,jpg,jpeg,pdf}"
18    }
19  ],
20  "pageFunction": "// The function accepts a single argument: the \\"context\\" object.\\n// For a complete list of its properties and functions,\\n// see https://apify.com/apify/web-scraper#page-function \\nasync function pageFunction(context) {\\n    // This statement works as a breakpoint when you'\''re trying to debug your code. Works only with Run mode: DEVELOPMENT!\\n    // debugger; \\n\\n    // jQuery is handy for finding DOM elements and extracting data from them.\\n    // To use it, make sure to enable the \\"Inject jQuery\\" option.\\n    const $ = context.jQuery;\\n    const pageTitle = $('\''title'\'').first().text();\\n    const h1 = $('\''h1'\'').first().text();\\n    const first_h2 = $('\''h2'\'').first().text();\\n    const random_text_from_the_page = $('\''p'\'').first().text();\\n\\n\\n    // Print some information to actor log\\n    context.log.info(`URL: ${context.request.url}, TITLE: ${pageTitle}`);\\n\\n    // Manually add a new page to the queue for scraping.\\n   await context.enqueueRequest({ url: '\''http://www.example.com'\'' });\\n\\n    // Return an object with the data extracted from the page.\\n    // It will be stored to the resulting dataset.\\n    return {\\n        url: context.request.url,\\n        pageTitle,\\n        h1,\\n        first_h2,\\n        random_text_from_the_page\\n    };\\n}",
21  "proxyConfiguration": {
22    "useApifyProxy": true
23  },
24  "initialCookies": [],
25  "waitUntil": [
26    "networkidle2"
27  ],
28  "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        // ...\\n    },\\n]\\n",
29  "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        // ...\\n    },\\n]",
30  "breakpointLocation": "NONE",
31  "customData": {}
32}' |
33apify call apify/web-scraper --silent --output-dataset

Web Scraper API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Web Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the Apify CLI

1npm i -g apify-cli
2apify login

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Maintained by Apify
Actor metrics
  • 2.7k monthly users
  • 187 stars
  • 99.9% runs succeeded
  • 9.9 days response time
  • Created in Mar 2019
  • Modified about 2 months ago