General Extraction with ScrapingAnt API on New Requests (Payload Only) from HTTP / Webhook API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a HTTP / Webhook trigger and ScrapingAnt action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Requests (Payload Only) trigger
1. Connect your HTTP / Webhook account
Configure the General Extraction action
1. Connect your ScrapingAnt account
2. Configure URL
3. Optional- Configure Browser
4. Optional- Configure Return Page Source
5. Optional- Configure Cookies
6. Optional- Configure JS Snippet
7. Optional- Select a Proxy Type
8. Optional- Select a Proxy Country
9. Optional- Configure Wait for Selector
10. Optional- Select one or more Block Resource
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Trigger#

New Requests (Payload Only) on HTTP / Webhook

Description:Get a URL and emit the HTTP body as an event on every request

Version:0.1.1

Key:http-new-requests-payload-only

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HTTP / Webhook Overview#

Build, test, and send HTTP requests without code using your Pipedream workflows. The HTTP / Webhook action is a tool to build HTTP requests with a Postman-like graphical interface.

Point and click HTTP requests

Define the target URL, HTTP verb, headers, query parameters, and payload body without writing custom code.

$A screenshot of Pipedream's HTTP Request Configuration interface with a GET request type selected. The request URL is set to 'https://api.openai.com/v1/models'. The 'Auth' tab is highlighted, indicating that authentication is required for this request. In the headers section, there are two headers configured: 'User-Agent' is set to 'pipedream/1', and 'Authorization' is set to 'Bearer {{openai_api_key}}', showing how the OpenAI account's API key is dynamically inserted into the headers to handle authentication automatically.$

Here's an example workflow that uses the HTTP / Webhook action to send an authenticated API request to OpenAI.

Focus on integrating, not authenticating

This action can also use your connected accounts with third-party APIs. Selecting an integrated app will automatically update the request’s headers to authenticate with the app properly, and even inject your token dynamically.

Pipedream integrates with thousands of APIs, but if you can’t find a Pipedream integration simply use Environment Variables in your request headers to authenticate with.

Compatible with no code actions or Node.js and Python

The HTTP/Webhook action exports HTTP response data for use in subsequent workflow steps, enabling easy data transformation, further API calls, database storage, and more.

Response data is available for both coded (Node.js, Python) and no-code steps within your workflow.

Trigger Code#

import http from "../../http.app.mjs";

// Core HTTP component
// Returns a 200 OK response, emits the HTTP payload as an event
export default {
  key: "http-new-requests-payload-only",
  name: "New Requests (Payload Only)",
  // eslint-disable-next-line
  description: "Get a URL and emit the HTTP body as an event on every request",
  version: "0.1.1",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    // eslint-disable-next-line
    httpInterface: {
      type: "$.interface.http",
      customResponse: true,
    },
    http,
  },
  async run(event) {
    const { body } = event;
    this.httpInterface.respond({
      status: 200,
      body,
    });
    // Emit the HTTP payload
    this.$emit({
      body,
    });
  },
};

Trigger Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
N/A	`httpInterface`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
HTTP / Webhook	`http`	`app`	This component uses the HTTP / Webhook app.

Trigger Authentication#

The HTTP / Webhook API does not require authentication.

About HTTP / Webhook#

Get a unique URL where you can send HTTP or webhook requests

Action#

General Extraction on ScrapingAnt

Description:Send a request using the standard extraction method of ScrapingAnt. [See the documentation](https://docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format)

Version:0.0.1

Key:scrapingant-general-extraction

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ScrapingAnt Overview#

The ScrapingAnt API allows you to scrape web pages without getting blocked. It can handle JavaScript rendering, cookies, sessions, and can even interact with web pages as if a real person were browsing. Using Pipedream, you can integrate ScrapingAnt with countless other apps to automate data extraction and feed this data into various business processes, analytics tools, or databases.

Action Code#

import app from "../../scrapingant.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "scrapingant-general-extraction",
  name: "General Extraction",
  description: "Send a request using the standard extraction method of ScrapingAnt. [See the documentation](https://docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    url: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "url",
      ],
    },
    browser: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "browser",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
    },
    returnPageSource: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "returnPageSource",
      ],
      disabled: true,
      hidden: true,
    },
    cookies: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "cookies",
      ],
    },
    jsSnippet: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "jsSnippet",
      ],
      disabled: true,
      hidden: true,
    },
    proxyType: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "proxyType",
      ],
    },
    proxyCountry: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "proxyCountry",
      ],
    },
    waitForSelector: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "waitForSelector",
      ],
    },
    blockResource: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "blockResource",
      ],
      disabled: true,
      hidden: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps(existingProps) {
    const props = {};
    if (this.browser) {
      existingProps.returnPageSource.hidden = false;
      existingProps.returnPageSource.disabled = false;
      existingProps.jsSnippet.hidden = false;
      existingProps.jsSnippet.disabled = false;
      existingProps.blockResource.hidden = false;
      existingProps.blockResource.disabled = false;
    }

    return props;
  },

  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.app.generalExtraction({
      $,
      params: {
        url: this.url,
        browser: this.browser,
        return_page_source: this.returnPageSource,
        cookies: this.cookies,
        js_snippet: this.jsSnippet,
        proxy_type: this.proxyType,
        proxy_country: this.proxyCountry,
        wait_for_selector: this.waitForSelector,
        block_resource: this.blockResource,
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully sent the request to ScrapingAnt");
    return response;
  },
};

Action Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
ScrapingAnt	`app`	`app`	This component uses the ScrapingAnt app.
URL	`url`	`string`	The URL to scrape
Browser	`browser`	`boolean`	Enables using a headless browser for scraping
Cookies	`cookies`	`string`	Cookies to pass with a scraping request to the target site, i.e.: `cookie_name1=cookie_value1;cookie_name2=cookie_value2`
Proxy Type	`proxyType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Residential", "value": "residential" }{ "label": "Datacenter", "value": "datacenter" }`
Proxy Country	`proxyCountry`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "World", "value": "" }{ "label": "Brazil", "value": "BR" }{ "label": "Canada", "value": "CA" }{ "label": "China", "value": "CN" }{ "label": "Czech Republic", "value": "CZ" }{ "label": "France", "value": "FR" }{ "label": "Germany", "value": "DE" }{ "label": "Hong Kong", "value": "HK" }{ "label": "India", "value": "IN" }{ "label": "Indonesia", "value": "ID" }{ "label": "Italy", "value": "IT" }{ "label": "Israel", "value": "IL" }{ "label": "Japan", "value": "JP" }{ "label": "Netherlands", "value": "NL" }{ "label": "Poland", "value": "PL" }{ "label": "Russia", "value": "RU" }{ "label": "Saudi Arabia", "value": "SA" }{ "label": "Singapore", "value": "SG" }{ "label": "South Korea", "value": "KR" }{ "label": "Spain", "value": "ES" }{ "label": "United Kingdom", "value": "GB" }{ "label": "United Arab Emirates", "value": "AE" }{ "label": "USA", "value": "US" }{ "label": "Vietnam", "value": "VN" }`
Wait for Selector	`waitForSelector`	`string`	The CSS selector of the element Scrapingant will wait for before returning the result

Action Authentication#

ScrapingAnt uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your ScrapingAnt account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to ScrapingAnt APIs in both code and no-code steps.

About ScrapingAnt#

The easiest way to scrape websites via #API. ScrapingAnt uses the latest Chrome browser and rotates proxies to automate your data mining tasks.

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