Phantom.js Scraper
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PhantomJS is 6 to 10 times faster than puppeteer per Compute Unit. Sends an email when the task is complete. The input screen has been improved. Note: PhantomJS is no longer being developed and might be detected and blocked by websites.
You can access the Phantom.js 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 "key": "START",
5 "value": "https://apify.com/"
6 }
7 ],
8 "crawlPurls": [
9 {
10 "key": "MY_LABEL",
11 "value": "https://www.example.com/[.*]"
12 }
13 ],
14 "clickableElementsSelector": "a:not([rel=nofollow])",
15 "proxyConfiguration": {
16 "useApifyProxy": true
17 },
18 "pageFunction": "function pageFunction(context) {\\n // called on every page the crawler visits, use it to extract data from it\\n var $ = context.jQuery;\\n var result = {\\n title: $('\''title'\'').text(),\\n myValue: $('\''TODO'\'').text()\\n };\\n return result;\\n}\\n",
19 "interceptRequest": "function interceptRequest(context, newRequest) {\\n // called whenever the crawler finds a link to a new page,\\n // use it to override default behavior\\n return newRequest;\\n}\\n"
20}' |
21apify call barry8schneider/legacy-phantomjs-crawler --silent --output-dataset
Phantom.js Scraper API through CLI
The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Phantom.js Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the Apify CLI
1npm i -g apify-cli
2apify login
Other API clients include: