Dude is a very simple framework for writing web scrapers using Python decorators. The design, inspired by Flask, was to easily build a web scraper in just a few lines of code. Dude has an easy-to-learn syntax. Dude is currently in Pre-Alpha. Please expect breaking changes. You can run your scraper from terminal/shell/command-line by supplying URLs, the output filename of your choice and the paths to your python scripts to dude scrape command.

Features

  • Minimal web scraper
  • The output in data.json should contain the actual URL and the metadata prepended with underscore
  • Simple Flask-inspired design - build a scraper with decorators
  • Uses Playwright API - run your scraper in Chrome, Firefox and Webkit and leverage Playwright's powerful selector engine supporting CSS, XPath, text, regex, etc.
  • Data grouping - group related results
  • URL pattern matching - run functions on matched URLs
  • Setup function - enable setup steps (clicking dialogs or login)

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Web Scrapers

License

Affero GNU Public License

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Programming Language

Python

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Python Web Scrapers

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2023-04-12
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