Crawly

Crawly is a handy tool for Elixir applications that helps gather structured data from websites. It is great for tasks like finding data, processing information, and keeping records. Crawly works on different systems such as GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS X, and BSD.

Benefits

Crawly has many good points. It comes with clear instructions to help users begin. The tool follows website rules by checking robots.txt files. It ensures good data quality with request and item checks. Crawly also avoids duplicate data and handles cookies by itself. This helps it work with websites that need login or have regional filters. For sites with lots of JavaScript, Crawly supports browser viewing with tools like Splash. It can try failed requests again and use proxy servers for anonymous browsing. Plus, Crawly offers an HTTP API and a test dashboard for managing multiple Crawly nodes.

Use Cases

Crawly can be used in many ways. It is excellent for tracking prices on shopping websites. Users can create a data fetcher using a real browser engine for reliable data gathering. Crawly can also collect data from websites that need login. This makes it a flexible tool for different data needs.

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