Web Scraper
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Web Scraper
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Crawls arbitrary websites using the Chrome browser and extracts structured data from web pages using a provided JavaScript function. The Actor supports both recursive crawling and lists of URLs, and automatically manages concurrency for maximum performance.
RayHForUse
1.Request Frequency Avoid sending too many requests too quickly to prevent overwhelming the website or getting blocked. Add a 1-2 second delay between requests 2.Use Proxies Use proxies to change your IP address when scraping multiple pages or websites to avoid being blocked. 2.Optimize Query Conditions Limit your request to the necessary data by refining your query parameters to improve efficiency. 3.Check Network Connection Ensure your network connection is stable and fast to avoid slow scraping speeds. 4.Analyze Website Performance Understand the website's performance and check if it has anti-scraping measures like CAPTCHA. 5.Optimize Crawler Code Use asynchronous processing and handle multiple requests at once to speed up scraping. 6.Follow robots.txt Rules Respect the rules in a website's robots.txt file to avoid legal issues and ensure your crawler works smoothly. 7.Use Appropriate Crawling Frameworks Frameworks like Scrapy or Selenium offer built-in functions for managing requests and retries, making your crawler more efficient. 8.Handle Website Structure Changes Regularly check if the website’s structure has changed and update your scraping selectors accordingly. 9.Error Handling & Retry Mechanism Implement error handling and retries in case of network issues or page load failures.
Hello RayH,
Thanks for your input! However, it's unclear what specific issue you're experiencing, and there’s no reproduction scenario provided. Your message reads more like general scraping advice rather than a concrete problem report (we agree with all points!)
If you’re facing an issue with Web Scraper, please feel free to open a new issue with details on the problem, steps to reproduce, and any relevant logs or errors.
I’ll be closing this issue for now. Cheers!
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Created in Mar 2019
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