crawlee
About
Crawlee is a web scraping and browser automation library developed by Apify, designed to help developers build reliable scrapers quickly. It mimics human browsing behavior to effectively bypass modern bot protections. The library provides a unified interface for both HTTP and headless browser (e.g., Playwright, Puppeteer) crawling. Key features include persistent request queues, pluggable data storage, automatic proxy rotation, and session management, with CLI support for rapid project bootstrapping and easy deployment to cloud platforms.
Features
- Unified interface for HTTP and headless browser crawling
- Persistent request queue and pluggable data storage
- Integrated proxy rotation and session management
- CLI for quick project bootstrapping and customizable lifecycle hooks
- Supports Playwright and Puppeteer for browser automation
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