Scraping Javascript-dependent website with Puppeteer
Scraping Javascript-dependent website with Puppeteer
Node.js asynchronous runs to scrape JS-stuffed websites
About the Book
The book gives theory and shows a real case of scraping js-stuffed or js-protected website using Puppeteer, a Node.js scraping library. Code archive and online repository are provided.
Table of Contents
- I. Prerequisites
- II. Objective
- III. Introduction
- IV. Getting Started
- 1. Launching a Headless Browser
- V. Making a TripAdvisor Scraper
- 1. Launching Chrome
- 2. Visiting TripAdvisor
- 3. Clicking an element in Puppeteer
- 4. Locating Sign In btn
- 5. Locate Continue & Email btn
- 6. Reading authentication details
- 7. Writing to an Input Field
- 8. Filling authentication details
- 9. Check for [Re]Captcha
- 10. Locate Hotels link
- 11. Exiting Chrome
- 12. Saving hotels
- 13. Finishing up
- VI. Running the Scraper
- VII. Numerical Results
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