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Scrapy
Scrapy is a collaborative, open-source framework written in Python for extracting public web data.
Our verdict
Who it's for
The world's most-used open-source framework for fast and powerful web data extraction.
Who should look elsewhere
Requires Python knowledge
Pros
- +Open-source and free to use
- +Fast and powerful data extraction
- +Highly customizable with Python
- +Strong community support and extensive documentation
- +Simplifies complex scraping tasks
Cons
- −Requires Python knowledge
- −Initial setup might have a learning curve for beginners
Key features
- ✓Create Scrapy Projects with a single command
- ✓Define Scrapy Spiders to crawl pages and extract data
- ✓Run Scrapy Spiders to scrape data
- ✓Export extracted data to various file formats
- ✓Use Scrapy Shell for interactive testing and debugging
- ✓Deploy spiders to Zyte Scrapy Cloud
- ✓Host spiders on your own server using Scrapyd
- ✓Web Scraping Copilot for generating selectors and unblocking sites
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrapy | — | month | Open source data extraction framework; Fast & Powerful; Customizable |
| Web Scraping Copilot | — | month | Upgrade your coding agent with Scrapy skills; Generate selectors; Unblock sites |
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