Scrape Website HTML with WebScraping.AI API on New Item in Feed from RSS API

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Getting Started#

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

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Configure the New Item in Feed trigger
1. Connect your RSS account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure Feed URL
4. Configure Published After
Configure the Scrape Website HTML action
1. Connect your WebScraping.AI account
2. Configure Target URL
3. Optional- Configure Headers
4. Optional- Configure Timeout
5. Optional- Configure JS
6. Optional- Configure JS Timeout
7. Optional- Configure Wait For
8. Optional- Select a Proxy
9. Optional- Select a Country
10. Optional- Configure Custom Proxy
11. Optional- Select a Device
12. Optional- Configure Error on 404
13. Optional- Configure Error on Redirect
14. Optional- Configure JS Script
15. Optional- Select a Format
16. Optional- Configure Return Script Result
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 Item in Feed on RSS

Description:Emit new items from an RSS feed

Version:1.2.9

Key:rss-new-item-in-feed

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RSS Overview#

The RSS app allows users to automatically fetch and parse updates from web feeds. This functionality is pivotal for staying abreast of content changes or updates from websites, blogs, and news outlets that offer RSS feeds. With Pipedream, you can harness the RSS API to trigger workflows that enable a broad range of automations, like content aggregation, monitoring for specific keywords, notifications, and data synchronization across platforms.

Trigger Code#

import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
import rss from "../../app/rss.app.mjs";
import rssCommon from "../common/common.mjs";
export default defineSource({
    ...rssCommon,
    key: "rss-new-item-in-feed",
    name: "New Item in Feed",
    description: "Emit new items from an RSS feed",
    version: "1.2.9",
    type: "source",
    dedupe: "unique",
    props: {
        ...rssCommon.props,
        url: {
            propDefinition: [
                rss,
                "url",
            ],
        },
        publishedAfter: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Published After",
            description: "Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`",
            default: new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(), // default to one day ago
        },
    },
    hooks: {
        async activate() {
            // Try to parse the feed one time to confirm we can fetch and parse.
            // The code will throw any errors to the user.
            await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        },
    },
    methods: {
        ...rssCommon.methods,
        generateMeta: function (item) {
            return {
                id: this.rss.itemKey(item),
                summary: item.title,
                ts: Date.now(),
            };
        },
    },
    async run() {
        const items = await this.rss.fetchAndParseFeed(this.url);
        for (const item of items.reverse()) {
            const publishedAfter = +new Date(this.publishedAfter);
            const ts = this.rss.itemTs(item);
            if (Number.isNaN(publishedAfter) || publishedAfter > ts) {
                continue;
            }
            const meta = this.generateMeta(item);
            this.$emit(item, meta);
        }
    },
});

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
RSS	`rss`	`app`	This component uses the RSS app.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	How often you want to poll the feed for new items
Feed URL	`url`	`string`	Enter the URL for any public RSS feed
Published After	`publishedAfter`	`string`	Emit items published after the specified date in ISO 8601 format .e.g `2022-12-07T12:57:10+07:00`

Trigger Authentication#

The RSS API does not require authentication.

About RSS#

Real Simple Syndication

Action#

Scrape Website HTML on WebScraping.AI

Description:Returns the full HTML content of a webpage specified by the URL. [See the documentation](https://webscraping.ai/docs#tag/HTML/operation/getHTML):

Version:0.0.2

Key:webscraping_ai-scrape-website-html

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WebScraping.AI Overview#

WebScraping.AI API provides powerful tools for extracting data from websites, enabling users to retrieve structured information without the hassle of setting up a custom scraper. It handles proxy rotation, browsers, and CAPTCHAs, allowing you to focus on data collection. With Pipedream, you can harness this capability to create automated workflows that trigger on various events, process web content, and connect with countless other apps to feed data pipelines, monitor changes, or populate databases.

Action Code#

import webscrapingAI from "../../webscraping_ai.app.mjs";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "webscraping_ai-scrape-website-html",
  name: "Scrape Website HTML",
  description: "Returns the full HTML content of a webpage specified by the URL. [See the documentation](https://webscraping.ai/docs#tag/HTML/operation/getHTML):",
  version: "0.0.2",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  type: "action",
  props: {
    webscrapingAI,
    targetUrl: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "targetUrl",
      ],
    },
    headers: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "headers",
      ],
    },
    timeout: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "timeout",
      ],
    },
    js: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "js",
      ],
    },
    jsTimeout: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "jsTimeout",
      ],
    },
    waitFor: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "waitFor",
      ],
    },
    proxy: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "proxy",
      ],
    },
    country: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "country",
      ],
    },
    customProxy: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "customProxy",
      ],
    },
    device: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "device",
      ],
    },
    errorOn404: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "errorOn404",
      ],
    },
    errorOnRedirect: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "errorOnRedirect",
      ],
    },
    jsScript: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "jsScript",
      ],
    },
    format: {
      propDefinition: [
        webscrapingAI,
        "format",
      ],
    },
    returnScriptResult: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Return Script Result",
      description: "Return result of the custom JavaScript code (`js_script` parameter) execution on the target page (`false` by default, page HTML will be returned).",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.webscrapingAI.pageHtmlByUrl({
      $,
      params: {
        url: this.targetUrl,
        headers: utils.stringifyHeaders(this.headers),
        timeout: this.timeout,
        js: this.js,
        js_timeout: this.jsTimeout,
        wait_for: this.waitFor,
        proxy: this.proxy,
        country: this.country,
        custom_proxy: this.customProxy,
        device: this.device,
        error_on_404: this.errorOn404,
        error_on_redirect: this.errorOnRedirect,
        js_script: this.jsScript,
        format: this.format,
        return_script_result: this.returnScriptResult,
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully scraped HTML of URL ${this.targetUrl}`);
    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
WebScraping.AI	`webscrapingAI`	`app`	This component uses the WebScraping.AI app.
Target URL	`targetUrl`	`string`	The URL of the webpage to scrape.
Headers	`headers`	`object`	HTTP headers to pass to the target page
Timeout	`timeout`	`integer`	Maximum web page retrieval time in ms. Increase it in case of timeout errors (10000 by default, maximum is 30000).
JS	`js`	`boolean`	Execute on-page JavaScript using a headless browser (`true` by default)
JS Timeout	`jsTimeout`	`integer`	Maximum JavaScript rendering time in ms. Default: `2000`
Wait For	`waitFor`	`string`	CSS selector to wait for before returning the page content. Useful for pages with dynamic content loading. Overrides js_timeout.
Proxy	`proxy`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`datacenterresidential`
Country	`country`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`usgbdeitfrcaesrujpkrin`
Custom Proxy	`customProxy`	`string`	Your own proxy URL to use instead of our built-in proxy pool in "http://user:password@host:port" format (Smartproxy for example).
Device	`device`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`desktopmobiletablet`
Error on 404	`errorOn404`	`boolean`	Return error on 404 HTTP status on the target page (`false` by default)
Error on Redirect	`errorOnRedirect`	`boolean`	Return error on redirect on the target page (`false` by default)
JS Script	`jsScript`	`string`	Custom JavaScript code to execute on the target page. Example: `document.querySelector('button').click();`
Format	`format`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`jsontext`
Return Script Result	`returnScriptResult`	`boolean`	Return result of the custom JavaScript code (`js_script` parameter) execution on the target page (`false` by default, page HTML will be returned).