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You can access the Web Scraper Task 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 "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}",
16 "proxyConfiguration": {
17 "useApifyProxy": true
18 },
19 "initialCookies": [],
20 "waitUntil": [
21 "networkidle2"
22 ],
23 "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",
24 "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]",
25 "breakpointLocation": "NONE",
26 "customData": {}
27}' |
28apify call undrtkr984/web-scraper-task --silent --output-datasetWeb Scraper Task API through CLI
The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Web Scraper Task locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the Apify CLI
1npm i -g apify-cli
2apify loginOther API clients include:
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