Web Scraper Experimental Debug
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Web Scraper Experimental Debug
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Experimental version of Apify Web Scraper with Chrome debugger integrated
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Created in Oct 2019
Modified 4 years ago
You can access the Web Scraper Experimental Debug programmatically from your own 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.
1# Start Server-Sent Events (SSE) session and keep it running
2curl "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/sse?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&actors=mtrunkat/web-scraper-experimental-dbgr"
3
4# Session id example output:
5# event: endpoint
6# data: /message?sessionId=9d820491-38d4-4c7d-bb6a-3b7dc542f1faUsing Web Scraper Experimental Debug via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server
MCP server lets you use Web Scraper Experimental Debug within your AI workflows. Send API requests to trigger actions and receive real-time results. Take the received sessionId and use it to communicate with the MCP server. The message starts the Web Scraper Experimental Debug Actor with the provided input.
1curl -X POST "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/message?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&session_id=<SESSION_ID>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2 "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3 "id": 1,
4 "method": "tools/call",
5 "params": {
6 "arguments": {
7 "startUrls": [
8 {
9 "url": "https://apify.com"
10 }
11 ],
12 "pseudoUrls": [
13 {
14 "purl": "https://apify.com[(/[\\\\w-]+)?]"
15 }
16 ],
17 "linkSelector": "a",
18 "pageFunction": "async function pageFunction(context) {\\n // See README for context properties. If the syntax is unfamiliar see the link\\n // https://javascript.info/destructuring-assignment#object-destructuring\\n const { request, log, jQuery } = context;\\n\\n // To be able to use jQuery as $, one needs save it into a variable\\n // and select the inject jQuery option. We'\''ve selected it for you.\\n const $ = jQuery;\\n const title = $('\''title'\'').text();\\n\\n // This is yet another new feature of Javascript called template strings.\\n // https://javascript.info/string#quotes\\n log.info(`URL: ${request.url} TITLE: ${title}`);\\n\\n // To save data just return an object with the requested properties.\\n return {\\n url: request.url,\\n title\\n };\\n}",
19 "proxyConfiguration": {
20 "useApifyProxy": false
21 },
22 "initialCookies": [],
23 "waitUntil": [
24 "networkidle2"
25 ],
26 "customData": {}
27},
28 "name": "mtrunkat/web-scraper-experimental-dbgr"
29 }
30}'The response should be: Accepted. You should received response via SSE (JSON) as:
1event: message
2data: {
3 "result": {
4 "content": [
5 {
6 "type": "text",
7 "text": "ACTOR_RESPONSE"
8 }
9 ]
10 }
11}Configure local MCP Server via standard input/output for Web Scraper Experimental Debug
You can connect to the MCP Server using clients like ClaudeDesktop and LibreChat or build your own. The server can run both locally and remotely, giving you full flexibility. Set up the server in the client configuration as follows:
1{
2 "mcpServers": {
3 "actors-mcp-server": {
4 "command": "npx",
5 "args": [
6 "-y",
7 "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
8 "--actors",
9 "mtrunkat/web-scraper-experimental-dbgr"
10 ],
11 "env": {
12 "APIFY_TOKEN": "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
13 }
14 }
15 }
16}You can further access the MCP client through the Tester MCP Client, a chat user interface to interact with the server.
To get started, check out the documentation and example clients. If you are interested in learning more about our MCP server, check out our blog post.
