Web Scraper Skill

Overview

Extract data from websites efficiently and ethically.

Capabilities

1. Data Extraction

• Extract text content
• Pull structured data
• Capture tables
• Get images/media

2. Formats

• JSON output
• CSV export
• Markdown
• SQL inserts

3. Features

• Rate limiting
• Caching
• Retry logic
• Error handling
• Proxy support

4. Ethical Scraping

• Respect robots.txt
• Rate limits
• User agent rotation
• Legal compliance

Usage

Commands

• scrape [URL] for [data]
• extract [element] from [URL]
• get table from [URL]
• crawl [website] depth [n]
• export [URL] to [format]

Examples

Input: "scrape example.com for product names and prices"

Output:

{
  "products": [
    {"name": "Product A", "price": "$19.99"},
    {"name": "Product B", "price": "$29.99"}
  ]
}

Configuration

Rate Limits

• Default: 1 request/second
• Configurable: 0.1-10 req/s
• Respect site limits

Output Options

• JSON (default)
• CSV
• Markdown
• SQL
• Custom template

Best Practices

1. Always identify yourself
2. Cache responses
3. Handle errors gracefully
4. Stay within legal bounds
5. Don't overwhelm servers