Scrapfly SDK

npm install scrapfly-sdk

Typescript/NodeJS SDK for Scrapfly.io web scraping API which allows to:

• Scrape the web without being blocked.
• Use headless browsers to access Javascript-powered page data.
• Scale up web scraping.
• ... and much more!

For web scraping guides see our blog and #scrapeguide tag for how to scrape specific targets.

Quick Intro

1. Register a Scrapfly account for free
2. Get your API Key on scrapfly.io/dashboard
3. Start scraping: 🚀

import { ScrapflyClient, ScrapeConfig } from 'scrapfly-sdk';

const key = 'YOUR SCRAPFLY KEY';
const client = new ScrapflyClient({ key });
const apiResponse = await client.scrape(
    new ScrapeConfig({
        url: 'https://web-scraping.dev/product/1',
        // optional parameters:
        // enable javascript rendering
        render_js: true,
        // set proxy country
        country: 'us',
        // enable anti-scraping protection bypass
        asp: true,
        // set residential proxies
        proxy_pool: 'public_residential_pool',
        // etc.
    }),
);
console.log(apiResponse.result.content); // html content
// Parse HTML directly with SDK (through cheerio)
console.log(apiResponse.result.selector('h3').text());

For more see /examples directory.
For more on Scrapfly API see our getting started documentation For Python see Scrapfly Python SDK

Debugging

To enable debug logs set Scrapfly's log level to "DEBUG":

import { log } from 'scrapfly-sdk';

log.setLevel('DEBUG');

Additionally, set debug=true in ScrapeConfig to access debug information in Scrapfly web dashboard:

import { ScrapflyClient } from 'scrapfly-sdk';

new ScrapeConfig({
    url: 'https://web-scraping.dev/product/1',
    debug: true,
    // ^ enable debug information - this will show extra details on web dashboard
});

Development

Install and setup environment:

$ npm install

Build and test:

$ npm run build
$ npm run tests