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1# Set API token
2API_TOKEN=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>
3
4# Prepare Actor input
5cat > input.json <<'EOF'
6{
7 "runMode": "DEVELOPMENT",
8 "startUrls": [
9 {
10 "url": "https://crawlee.dev"
11 }
12 ],
13 "linkSelector": "a[href]",
14 "globs": [
15 {
16 "glob": "https://crawlee.dev/*/*"
17 }
18 ],
19 "pseudoUrls": [],
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: ${pageTitle}`);\n\n // Manually add a new page to the queue for scraping.\n await context.enqueueRequest({ url: 'http://www.example.com' });\n\n // Return an object with the data extracted from the page.\n // It will be stored to the resulting dataset.\n return {\n url: context.request.url,\n pageTitle,\n h1,\n first_h2,\n random_text_from_the_page\n };\n}",
21 "proxyConfiguration": {
22 "useApifyProxy": true
23 },
24 "initialCookies": [],
25 "waitUntil": [
26 "networkidle2"
27 ],
28 "preNavigationHooks": "// We need to return array of (possibly async) functions here.\n// The functions accept two arguments: the \"crawlingContext\" object\n// and \"gotoOptions\".\n[\n async (crawlingContext, gotoOptions) => {\n // ...\n },\n]\n",
29 "postNavigationHooks": "// We need to return array of (possibly async) functions here.\n// The functions accept a single argument: the \"crawlingContext\" object.\n[\n async (crawlingContext) => {\n // ...\n },\n]",
30 "breakpointLocation": "NONE",
31 "customData": {}
32}
33EOF
34
35# Run the Actor using an HTTP API
36# See the full API reference at https://docs.apify.com/api/v2
37curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/undrtkr984~web-scraper-task/runs?token=$API_TOKEN" \
38 -X POST \
39 -d @input.json \
40 -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
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