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# Browser Automation Tool 🌐
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A comprehensive web scraping and browser automation platform - an alternative to browserbase.com. This Hugging Face Space provides powerful tools for web data extraction, screenshot capture, form automation, and multi-URL scraping.
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## Features 🚀
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### 🔍 Single URL Analysis
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- **Screenshot Capture**: Take high-quality screenshots of any webpage
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- **Data Extraction**: Extract text, links, images, forms, and custom elements
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- **Custom Selectors**: Use CSS selectors to extract specific data
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- **Headless/Headed Mode**: Choose between invisible or visible browser operation
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### 📊 Multiple URLs Scraping
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- **Concurrent Scraping**: Process multiple URLs simultaneously
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- **Configurable Workers**: Control the number of concurrent processes
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- **Batch Processing**: Extract data from entire lists of URLs
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- **Structured Output**: Get organized results in JSON format
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### 📋 Form Automation
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- **Smart Form Detection**: Automatically detect form fields
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- **Bulk Form Filling**: Fill multiple form fields at once
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- **Custom Form Data**: Support for various input types
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- **Form Submission**: Automated form submission
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### ⚙️ Advanced Features
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- **Flexible Selectors**: Support for CSS selectors and XPath
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- **Error Handling**: Robust error handling and recovery
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- **Configurable Settings**: Customizable browser settings
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- **Export Options**: Download results in JSON format
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## How to Use 📖
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### 1. Single URL Analysis
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1. Enter a URL in the "URL" field
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2. Choose an action (Screenshot or Extract Data)
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3. Adjust wait time if needed
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4. Optionally add custom CSS selectors as JSON
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5. Click "Process URL"
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### 2. Multiple URLs Scraping
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1. Enter multiple URLs (one per line) in the text area
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2. Set the number of concurrent workers
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3. Click "Scrape URLs"
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4. View results in the JSON output
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### 3. Form Automation
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1. Enter the form page URL
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2. Provide form data as JSON (field names as keys, values as values)
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3. Click "Submit Form"
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4. Monitor the status output
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## Custom Selectors JSON Format
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Use this format to extract custom data:
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```json
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{
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"product_price": ".price",
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"product_title": "h1.product-title",
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"description": ".product-description",
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"reviews": ".review-item"
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}
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```
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## Example Use Cases 🎯
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- **E-commerce Monitoring**: Track product prices and availability
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- **Content Aggregation**: Collect articles, blog posts, and news
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- **Lead Generation**: Extract contact information from websites
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- **Competitive Analysis**: Monitor competitor websites and pricing
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- **Data Collection**: Gather research data from multiple sources
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- **Form Testing**: Automate form testing and validation
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## Technical Details 🔧
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- **Framework**: Built with Gradio for intuitive web interface
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- **Browser Engine**: Selenium with Chrome/Chromium
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- **Concurrency**: AsyncIO for multiple URL processing
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- **Data Format**: JSON for structured output
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- **Export**: Base64 encoded downloads
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## Limitations ⚠️
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- Rate limiting is not implemented (be respectful to websites)
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- Some JavaScript-heavy sites may require longer wait times
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- Dynamic content loading may need custom handling
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- Large-scale scraping should be done responsibly
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## Best Practices 📝
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1. **Respect robots.txt**: Check website policies before scraping
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2. **Rate Limiting**: Add delays between requests for large-scale operations
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3. **User-Agent**: Use appropriate user agents for legitimate requests
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4. **Error Handling**: Monitor output for errors and adjust strategies
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5. **Legal Compliance**: Ensure compliance with local laws and website terms
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## Support 🤝
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This tool is designed to be educational and for legitimate web data extraction purposes. Always respect website terms of service and applicable laws.
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## License 📄
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This project is for educational and research purposes. Please use responsibly and in accordance with applicable laws and website terms of service.
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