Scrapy

Founded by Shane Evans & Pablo Hoffman in 2008

Open-source Python framework for fast, scalable web crawling and scraping.

Cost

Free

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

Use Scrapy to build structured web crawlers and data pipelines efficiently. Built around reusable ‘spiders’, Scrapy handles HTTP, concurrency, parsing via CSS/XPath selectors, and export to formats like JSON or CSV. It integrates into CI systems, supports middlewares, and scales smoothly for large projects. Ideal for developers, data engineers, researchers, and teams needing reliable extraction of structured data from websites or APIs.

What Scrapy does

Crawl websites asynchronously using spidersParse HTML using CSS selectors or XPathManage concurrency for large-scale scrapingUse middleware for custom request/response handlingExport structured data to JSON, CSV, XML, databasesIntegrate scraping into CI/CD pipelinesHighly concurrent async crawlingStructured spider-based projectsPluggable middleware architectureSupport for CSS/XPath parsingFlexible data export optionsStrong open-source community

Frequently asked

Twisted engine, CSS selectors, XPath, Downloader middleware, Scheduler and Spider middleware, Feed exporters (JSON, CSV, XML), CI/CD tools via pipelines, Extensions via plugins, Community add-ons (Spidermon, Frontera)

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