Web Scraping Setup
Learn how to set up and configure your web scraping environment for optimal performance.
Prerequisites
Before starting:
- Basic understanding of HTML/CSS
- Knowledge of web protocols
- Familiarity with selectors
- Understanding of rate limiting
Installation
{
"environment": {
"proxy_enabled": true,
"headless_browser": true,
"javascript_enabled": true,
"cookies_enabled": true
}
}
2. Set Default Configuration
{
"default_config": {
"timeout": 30000,
"retry_attempts": 3,
"wait_for_selectors": true,
"follow_redirects": true
}
}
Browser Configuration
Headless Chrome Settings
{
"browser": {
"type": "chrome",
"headless": true,
"args": [
"--no-sandbox",
"--disable-setuid-sandbox",
"--disable-dev-shm-usage"
],
"viewport": {
"width": 1920,
"height": 1080
}
}
}
Proxy Configuration
Setting Up Proxies
{
"proxies": {
"enabled": true,
"list": [
{
"host": "proxy1.example.com",
"port": 8080,
"username": "user1",
"password": "pass1"
}
],
"rotation": {
"enabled": true,
"interval": 100
}
}
}
Rate Limiting
Default Rate Limits
{
"rate_limits": {
"global": {
"requests_per_second": 2
},
"per_domain": {
"example.com": {
"requests_per_second": 1,
"max_concurrent": 2
}
}
}
}
Authentication
Setting Up Authentication
{
"auth": {
"type": "basic",
"credentials": {
"username": "user",
"password": "pass"
}
}
}
{
"headers": {
"User-Agent": "Custom Scraper 1.0",
"Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml",
"Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
"Connection": "keep-alive"
}
}
Cache Configuration
Setting Up Caching
{
"cache": {
"enabled": true,
"type": "redis",
"ttl": 3600,
"config": {
"host": "localhost",
"port": 6379
}
}
}
Error Handling
Configure error handling:
{
"error_handling": {
"retry_codes": [429, 503],
"max_retries": 3,
"backoff": {
"initial": 1000,
"multiplier": 2,
"max": 10000
}
}
}
Monitoring
Set up monitoring:
{
"monitoring": {
"enabled": true,
"metrics": ["requests_per_minute", "success_rate", "average_response_time"],
"alerts": {
"error_rate_threshold": 0.1,
"response_time_threshold": 5000
}
}
}