Package: scrapingbee
ScrapingBee Python SDKScrapingBeeis a web scraping API that handles headless browsers and rotates proxies for you. The Python SDK makes it easier to interact with ScrapingBee's API.InstallationYou can install ScrapingBee Python SDK with pip.pipinstallscrapingbeeUsageThe ScrapingBee Python SDK is a wrapper around therequestslibrary. ScrapingBee supports GET and POST requests.Signup to ScrapingBee toget your API keyand some free credits to get started.Making a GET request>>>fromscrapingbeeimportScrapingBeeClient>>>client=ScrapingBeeClient(api_key='REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-API-KEY')>>>response=client.get('https://www.scrapingbee.com/blog/',params={# Block ads on the page you want to scrape'block_ads':False,# Block images and CSS on the page you want to scrape'block_resources':True,# Premium proxy geolocation'country_code':'',# Control the device the request will be sent from'device':'desktop',# Use some data extraction rules'extract_rules':{'title':'h1'},# Wrap response in JSON'json_response':False,# Interact with the webpage you want to scrape'js_scenario':{"instructions":[{"wait_for":"#slow_button"},{"click":"#slow_button"},{"scroll_x":1000},{"wait":1000},{"scroll_x":1000},{"wait":1000},]},# Use premium proxies to bypass difficult to scrape websites (10-25 credits/request)'premium_proxy':False,# Execute JavaScript code with a Headless Browser (5 credits/request)'render_js':True,# Return the original HTML before the JavaScript rendering'return_page_source':False,# Return page screenshot as a png image'screenshot':False,# Take a full page screenshot without the window limitation'screenshot_full_page':False,# Transparently return the same HTTP code of the page requested.'transparent_status_code':False,# Wait, in miliseconds, before returning the response'wait':0,# Wait for CSS selector before returning the response, ex ".title"'wait_for':'',# Set the browser window width in pixel'window_width':1920,# Set the browser window height in pixel'window_height':1080},headers={# Forward custom headers to the target website"key":"value"},cookies={# Forward custom cookies to the target website"name":"value"})>>>response.text'<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>...'ScrapingBee takes various parameters to render JavaScript, execute a custom JavaScript script, use a premium proxy from a specific geolocation and more.You can find all the supported parameters onScrapingBee's documentation.You can send custom cookies and headers like you would normally do with the requests library.ScreenshotHere a little exemple on how to retrieve and store a screenshot from the ScrapingBee blog in its mobile resolution.>>>fromscrapingbeeimportScrapingBeeClient>>>client=ScrapingBeeClient(api_key='REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-API-KEY')>>>response=client.get('https://www.scrapingbee.com/blog/',params={# Take a screenshot'screenshot':True,# Specify that we need the full height'screenshot_full_page':True,# Specify a mobile width in pixel'window_width':375})>>>ifresponse.ok:withopen("./scrapingbee_mobile.png","wb")asf:f.write(response.content)Using ScrapingBee with ScrapyScrapy is the most popular Python web scraping framework. You can easilyintegrate ScrapingBee's API with the Scrapy middleware.RetriesThe client includes a retry mechanism for 5XX responses.>>>fromscrapingbeeimportScrapingBeeClient>>>client=ScrapingBeeClient(api_key='REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-API-KEY')>>>response=client.get('https://www.scrapingbee.com/blog/',params={'render_js':True,},retries=5)