Vanilla JS Scraper
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Vanilla JS Scraper
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Scrape the web using familiar JavaScript methods! Crawls websites using raw HTTP requests, parses the HTML with the JSDOM package, and extracts data from the pages using Node.js code. Supports both recursive crawling and lists of URLs. This actor is a non jQuery alternative to CheerioScraper.
You can access the Vanilla 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.
1# Set API token
2API_TOKEN=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>
3
4# Prepare Actor input
5cat > input.json << 'EOF'
6{
7 "requests": [
8 {
9 "url": "https://apify.com"
10 }
11 ],
12 "pseudoUrls": [
13 {
14 "purl": "https://apify.com[(/[\\w-]+)?]"
15 }
16 ],
17 "linkSelector": "a[href]",
18 "pageFunction": "async function pageFunction(context) {\n const { window, document, crawler, enqueueRequest, request, response, userData, json, body, kvStore, customData } = context;\n\n const title = document.querySelector('title').textContent\n\n const responseHeaders = response.headers\n\n return {\n title,\n responseHeaders\n };\n}",
19 "preNavigationHooks": "// We need to return array of (possibly async) functions here.\n// The functions accept two arguments: the \"crawlingContext\" object\n// and \"requestAsBrowserOptions\" which are passed to the `requestAsBrowser()`\n// function the crawler calls to navigate..\n[\n async (crawlingContext, requestAsBrowserOptions) => {\n // ...\n }\n]",
20 "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]",
21 "proxy": {
22 "useApifyProxy": true
23 },
24 "additionalMimeTypes": [],
25 "customData": {}
26}
27EOF
28
29# Run the Actor using an HTTP API
30# See the full API reference at https://docs.apify.com/api/v2
31curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mstephen190~vanilla-js-scraper/runs?token=$API_TOKEN" \
32 -X POST \
33 -d @input.json \
34 -H 'Content-Type: application/json'Vanilla JS Scraper API
Below, you can find a list of relevant HTTP API endpoints for calling the Vanilla JS Scraper Actor. For this, you’ll need an Apify account. Replace <YOUR_API_TOKEN> in the URLs with your Apify API token, which you can find under Integrations in Apify Console. For details, see the API reference .
Run Actor
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mstephen190~vanilla-js-scraper/runs?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>Note: By adding the method=POST query parameter, this API endpoint can be called using a GET request and thus used in third-party webhooks. Please refer to our Run Actor API documentation .
Run Actor synchronously and get dataset items
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mstephen190~vanilla-js-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>Note: This endpoint supports both POST and GET request methods. However, only the POST method allows you to pass input data. For more information, please refer to our Run Actor synchronously and get dataset items API documentation .
Get Actor
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mstephen190~vanilla-js-scraper?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>For more information, please refer to our Get Actor API documentation .
Actors can be used to scrape web pages, extract data, or automate browser tasks. Use the Vanilla JS Scraper API programmatically via the Apify API.
You can choose from:
You can start Vanilla JS Scraper with the Apify API by sending an HTTP POST request to the Run Actor endpoint. An Actor’s input and its content type can be passed as a payload of the POST request, and additional options can be specified using URL query parameters. The Vanilla JS Scraper is identified within the API by its ID, which is the creator’s username and the name of the Actor.
When the Vanilla JS Scraper run finishes you can list the data from its default dataset (storage) via the API or you can preview the data directly on Apify Console .
Matthias Stephens- 9 monthly users
- 2 stars
- 99.9% runs succeeded
- Created in Mar 2022
- Modified 11 months ago
