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x-crawl is a flexible nodejs crawler library. Used to crawl pages, batch network requests, and batch download file resources. Crawl data in asynchronous or synchronous mode, 3 ways to get results, and 5 ways to write requestConfig. Runs on nodejs, friendly to JS/TS developers.
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The crawlPage API internally uses the puppeteer library to help us crawl pages.
We can do the following:
Take NPM as an example:
npm install x-crawl
Regular crawling: Get the recommended pictures of the youtube homepage every other day as an example:
// 1.Import module ES/CJS
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
// 2.Create a crawler instance
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000, // overtime time
intervalTime: { max: 3000, min: 2000 } // control request frequency
})
// 3.Set the crawling task
// Call the startPolling API to start the polling function, and the callback function will be called every other day
myXCrawl.startPolling({ d: 1 }, () => {
// Call crawlPage API to crawl Page
myXCrawl.crawlPage('https://www.youtube.com/').then((res) => {
const { browser, jsdom } = res // By default, the JSDOM library is used to parse Page
// Get the cover image element of the Promoted Video
const imgEls = jsdom.window.document.querySelectorAll(
'.yt-core-image--fill-parent-width'
)
// set request configuration
const requestConfig = []
imgEls.forEach((item) => {
if (item.src) {
requestConfig.push(item.src)
}
})
// Call the crawlFile API to crawl pictures
myXCrawl.crawlFile({ requestConfig, fileConfig: { storeDir: './upload' } })
})
})
running result:
Note: Do not crawl at will, you can check the robots.txt protocol before crawling. This is just to demonstrate how to use x-crawl.
Create a new application instance via xCrawl():
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
// options
})
Related options can refer to XCrawlBaseConfig .
A crawler application instance has two crawling modes: asynchronous/synchronous, and each crawler instance can only choose one of them.
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
mode: 'async'
})
The mode option defaults to async .
If there is an interval time set, it is necessary to wait for the interval time to end before sending the request.
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl1 = xCrawl({
// options
})
const myXCrawl2 = xCrawl({
// options
})
Crawl a page via crawlPage()
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000
})
myXCrawl.crawlPage('https://xxx.com').then(res => {
const { jsdom, browser, page } = res
// Close the browser
browser.close()
})
Refer to jsdom for specific usage.
The browser instance is a headless browser without a UI shell. What he does is to bring all modern network platform functions provided by the browser rendering engine to the code.
Purpose of calling close: The browser instance will always be running internally, causing the file not to be terminated. Do not call crawlPage or page if you need to use it later. When you modify the properties of a browser instance, it will affect the browser instance inside the crawlPage API of the crawler instance, the page instance that returns the result, and the browser instance, because the browser instance is shared within the crawlPage API of the same crawler instance.
Refer to browser for specific usage.
Take Screenshot
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const testXCrawl = xCrawl({ timeout: 10000 })
testXCrawl
.crawlPage('https://xxx.com')
.then(async (res) => {
const { page } = res
await page.screenshot({ path: './upload/page.png' })
console.log('Screen capture is complete')
})
The page instance can also perform interactive operations such as events. For details, refer to page.
Crawl interface data through crawlData()
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000,
intervalTime: { max: 3000, min: 1000 }
})
const requestConfig = [
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' },
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', method: 'POST', data: { name: 'coderhxl' } },
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' }
]
myXCrawl.crawlData({ requestConfig }).then(res => {
// deal with
})
Crawl file data via crawlFile()
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000,
intervalTime: { max: 3000, min: 1000 }
})
const requestConfig = [ 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' ]
myXCrawl
.crawlFile({
requestConfig,
fileConfig: {
storeDir: './upload' // storage folder
}
})
.then((fileInfos) => {
console.log(fileInfos)
})
Start a polling crawl with startPolling
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000,
intervalTime: { max: 3000, min: 1000 }
})
myXCrawl. startPolling({ h: 2, m: 30 }, (count, stopPolling) => {
// will be executed every two and a half hours
// crawlPage/crawlData/crawlFile
myXCrawl.crawlPage('https://xxx.com').then(res => {
const { jsdom, browser, page } = res
})
})
Callback function parameters:
Setting the requests interval time can prevent too much concurrency and avoid too much pressure on the server.
It can be set when creating a crawler instance, or you can choose to set it separately for an API. The request interval time is controlled internally by the instance method, not by the instance to control the entire request interval time.
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
// Unified settings
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
intervalTime: { max: 3000, min: 1000 }
})
// Set individually (high priority)
myXCrawl.crawlFile({
requestConfig: [ 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' ],
intervalTime: { max: 2000, min: 1000 }
})
The intervalTime option defaults to undefined . If there is a setting value, it will wait for a period of time before requesting, which can prevent too much concurrency and avoid too much pressure on the server.
Note: The first request will not trigger the interval.
The writing method of requestConfig is very flexible, there are 5 types in total, which can be:
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000,
intervalTime: { max: 3000, min: 1000 }
})
// requestConfig writing method 1:
const requestConfig1 = 'https://xxx.com/xxxx'
// requestConfig writing method 2:
const requestConfig2 = [ 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' ]
// requestConfig writing method 3:
const requestConfig3 = {
url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx',
method: 'POST',
data: { name: 'coderhxl' }
}
// requestConfig writing method 4:
const requestConfig4 = [
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' },
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', method: 'POST', data: { name: 'coderhxl' } },
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' }
]
// requestConfig writing method 5:
const requestConfig5 = [
'https://xxx.com/xxxx',
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', method: 'POST', data: { name: 'coderhxl' } },
'https://xxx.com/xxxx'
]
myXCrawl.crawlData({ requestConfig: requestConfig5 }).then(res => {
console.log(res)
})
It can be selected according to the actual situation.
There are three ways to get the result: Promise, Callback and Promise + Callback.
These three methods apply to crawlPage, crawlData and crawlFile.
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000,
intervalTime: { max: 3000, min: 1000 }
})
const requestConfig = [ 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' ]
// Method 1: Promise
myXCrawl
.crawlFile({
requestConfig,
fileConfig: { storeDir: './upload' }
})
.then((fileInfos) => {
console.log('Promise: ', fileInfos)
})
// Method 2: Callback
myXCrawl.crawlFile(
{
requestConfig,
fileConfig: { storeDir: './upload' }
},
(fileInfo) => {
console.log('Callback: ', fileInfo)
}
)
// Method 3: Promise + Callback
myXCrawl
.crawlFile(
{
requestConfig,
fileConfig: { storeDir: './upload' }
},
(fileInfo) => {
console.log('Callback: ', fileInfo)
}
)
.then((fileInfos) => {
console.log('Promise: ', fileInfos)
})
It can be selected according to the actual situation.
Create a crawler instance via call xCrawl. The request queue is maintained by the instance method itself, not by the instance itself.
function xCrawl(baseConfig?: XCrawlBaseConfig): XCrawlInstance
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
// xCrawl API
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
baseUrl: 'https://xxx.com',
timeout: 10000,
// The interval between requests, multiple requests are valid
intervalTime: {
max: 2000,
min: 1000
}
})
Note: To avoid repeated creation of instances in subsequent examples, myXCrawl here will be the crawler instance in the crawlPage/crawlData/crawlFile example.
crawlPage is the method of the crawler instance, usually used to crawl page.
function crawlPage: (
config: CrawlPageConfig,
callback?: (res: CrawlPage) => void
) => Promise<CrawlPage>
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({ timeout: 10000 })
// crawlPage API
myXCrawl.crawlPage('https://xxx.com/xxxx').then((res) => {
const { jsdom, browser, page } = res
console.log(jsdom.window.document.querySelector('title')?.textContent)
// Close the browser
browser.close()
})
crawlData is the method of the crawler instance, which is usually used to crawl APIs to obtain JSON data and so on.
function crawlData: <T = any>(
config: CrawlDataConfig,
callback?: (res: CrawlResCommonV1<T>) => void
) => Promise<CrawlResCommonArrV1<T>>
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000,
intervalTime: { max: 2000, min: 1000 }
})
const requestConfig = [
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' },
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', method: 'POST', data: { name: 'coderhxl' } },
{ url: 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' }
]
// crawlData API
myXCrawl.crawlData({ requestConfig }).then(res => {
console.log(res)
})
crawlFile is the method of the crawler instance, which is usually used to crawl files, such as pictures, pdf files, etc.
function crawlFile: (
config: CrawlFileConfig,
callback?: (res: CrawlResCommonV1<FileInfo>) => void
) => Promise<CrawlResCommonArrV1<FileInfo>>
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000,
intervalTime: { max: 2000, min: 1000 }
})
const requestConfig = [ 'https://xxx.com/xxxx', 'https://xxx.com/xxxx' ]
myXCrawl
.crawlFile({
requestConfig,
fileConfig: {
storeDir: './upload' // storage folder
}
})
.then((fileInfos) => {
console.log(fileInfos)
})
crawlPolling is a method of the crawler instance, typically used to perform polling operations, such as getting news every once in a while.
function startPolling(
config: StartPollingConfig,
callback: (count: number, stopPolling: () => void) => void
): void
import xCrawl from 'x-crawl'
const myXCrawl = xCrawl({
timeout: 10000,
intervalTime: { max: 2000, min: 1000 }
})
// startPolling API
myXCrawl.startPolling({ h: 2, m: 30 }, (count, stopPolling) => {
// will be executed every two and a half hours
// crawlPage/crawlData/crawlFile
})
interface AnyObject extends Object {
[key: string | number | symbol]: any
}
type Method = 'get' | 'GET' | 'delete' | 'DELETE' | 'head' | 'HEAD' | 'options' | 'OPTONS' | 'post' | 'POST' | 'put' | 'PUT' | 'patch' | 'PATCH' | 'purge' | 'PURGE' | 'link' | 'LINK' | 'unlink' | 'UNLINK'
interface RequestConfigObject {
url: string
method?: Method
headers?: AnyObject
params?: AnyObject
data?: any
timeout?: number
proxy?: string
}
type RequestConfig = string | RequestConfigObject
interface MergeRequestConfigObject {
url: string
timeout?: number
proxy?: string
}
type IntervalTime = number | {
max: number
min?: number
}
interface XCrawlBaseConfig {
baseUrl?: string
timeout?: number
intervalTime?: IntervalTime
mode?: 'async' | 'sync'
proxy?: string
}
interface CrawlBaseConfigV1 {
requestConfig: RequestConfig | RequestConfig[]
intervalTime?: IntervalTime
}
type CrawlPageConfig = string | MergeRequestConfigObject
interface CrawlDataConfig extends CrawlBaseConfigV1 {
}
interface CrawlFileConfig extends CrawlBaseConfigV1 {
fileConfig: {
storeDir: string // Store folder
extension?: string // Filename extension
}
}
interface StartPollingConfig {
d?: number // day
h?: number // hour
m?: number // minute
}
interface XCrawlInstance {
crawlPage: (
config: CrawlPageConfig,
callback?: (res: CrawlPage) => void
) => Promise<CrawlPage>
crawlData: <T = any>(
config: CrawlDataConfig,
callback?: (res: CrawlResCommonV1<T>) => void
) => Promise<CrawlResCommonArrV1<T>>
crawlFile: (
config: CrawlFileConfig,
callback?: (res: CrawlResCommonV1<FileInfo>) => void
) => Promise<CrawlResCommonArrV1<FileInfo>>
startPolling: (
config: StartPollingConfig,
callback: (count: number, stopPolling: () => void) => void
) => void
}
interface CrawlCommon<T> {
id: number
statusCode: number | undefined
headers: IncomingHttpHeaders // nodejs: http type
data: T
}
type CrawlResCommonArrV1<T> = CrawlResCommonV1<T>[]
interface FileInfo {
fileName: string
mimeType: string
size: number
filePath: string
}
interface CrawlPage {
httpResponse: HTTPResponse | null // The type of HTTPResponse in the puppeteer library
browser // The type of Browser in the puppeteer library
page: Page // The type of Page in the puppeteer library
jsdom: JSDOM // The type of JSDOM in the jsdom library
}
If you have any questions or needs , please submit Issues in https://github.com/coder-hxl/x-crawl/issues .
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