Read a website

Yes, one page each, the same as a normal page. The price is on Wallet and billing. Saving a scraper is free.

A save replaces the scraper. Read it first with GET /api/scraper/{id}, change what you need and send all of it back.

Yes, that is the normal way. See Link lists for pasting a list, uploading it or feeding it from another scraper.

Switch on AI control for the group, see AI control. It checks the scrapers and fixes broken ones. For sites that rotate parts of their address, open the scraper and add a changing part (Which page to look at, Add a changing part, Where to find it, How to grab it).

Add automation dialog on the home page:

• Cancel: closes the dialog without saving.
• Retry: tries the read again after an error.
• Try Another URL: goes back to type a different web address.
• Looks Good - do not save data: keeps the automation and does not save the test rows.
• Save automation + save data: keeps the automation and also saves the rows of this test read.
• Not happy with the result?: opens ways to improve the read.
• Show templates for a specific industry: opens ready-made starting points. Hide closes them. A tile that says it is not available on your plan cannot be picked.

First-run wizard (the first scraper of a new account):

• Method cards. The card marked “This is what we used” shows how Scrapewise read your page. A card marked “Not available on your plan” cannot be picked.
• Cancel: Closes the open window. Nothing is changed.
• Try Another URL: Goes back so you can type a different page address.
• Retry: Reads the page again after an error.
• Looks Good - do not save data: Keeps the scraper but does not run it now.
• Save automation + save data: Saves the scraper and starts its first run. The run is charged like any other run.
• Not happy with the result?: Opens other ways to read the same page.
• Show templates for a specific industry: Shows or hides the ready-made templates for one kind of business.

Templates on the scraper form (AI Automation):

• + Industry-specific automations: Opens the industry templates.
• − Hide: Closes the industry templates.
• An industry card (ai-conf-industry): press it to see the templates for that industry.
• A template card (ai-conf-sub-schema): press it to read the page with that ready-made field list.
• A greyed template card marked Not available for this account. Your account cannot use it.

Page window and form controls:

• The depth box. It says how many levels of links the scraper follows when it looks through a site. The default is 4.
• Select Elements: Turns on point-and-click mode in the page window. Click a part of the page to pick it.
• Enter Selector Mode: Turns the click-to-pick mode on or off.
• Enter Area Selection: Lets you draw a box around the part of the page you want, and leave that mode again.
• Close browser: Closes the page window.
• BACK: Goes back one step in the form.
• Preview Data: Switches between the field list and a preview of the data.
• Value: The value of one page setting (parameter) of the scraper, next to its name.
• close: The cross at the top of a window. It closes the window.

Rules on one scraper (Add a rule):

• The rules box. It says that rules make new columns from your scraped data, that your original columns stay the same, and that they run at scrape time. Click a chip to edit a rule.
• The icon on a rule chip: removes that rule from the scraper.
• Remove this row: Takes one row out of a rule list or out of a custom schema.
• A rule condition, first box: the column the condition looks at.
• A rule condition, second box: how it compares, for example equals or is not blank.
• A rule condition, third box: the value it compares with.
• The bin on a condition: takes that condition out of the rule.
• Unit word box of a Price per unit rule: a word that stands for a unit in the text, for example kg.
• The number box next to a unit word: how many base units that word is worth.
• The bin on a unit word: takes it out of the rule.
• The tick box under a rule: when it is on, the rule writes over the value the page gave in that column.

A page address that changes (changing part):

• Show me how it works: Opens a worked example of a changing part in a web address.
• The bin on a changing part: takes that changing part out of the address.
• The cross on a message or small window: closes it.

Custom schema (your own field list):

• The bin icon on a field row: takes the field out of the schema.
• Save as new version: Saves the schema. Save as new version keeps the old version and adds a new one.
• The window “A schema with this name already exists” appears when the name is taken. Pick what to do next.
• The button that saves your change as a new version of the schema with that name.
• Create separate schema: Makes a new schema with its own name instead.
• The buttons that list schemas with the same name. Pick the one to add a version to.
• The window “This schema changed” appears when someone saved the schema while you were editing it.
• Save anyway: Saves your version on top of the newer one.
• The window “Example: Product Availability” shows a worked example of a custom schema.
• Got it: Closes the example window.
• The bin icon on a schema card. It hides the schema from your list (the API tab calls this archive).

Group box and its menu (more on each page):

• The three dots on a group box or a scraper box. They open its menu.
• The plus on a group box. It opens the scraper form.
• The Add button of a group box. It opens the scraper form.
• One scraper row in a group box.
• The group box title and its description line.
• The group menu: Schedule, Data retention, Rules for all scrapers, AI control, Data, Delivery status, Edit info, Move to desktop, Upload, Find emails, Merge and Delete. See Groups.
• The scraper menu: Schedule, Data retention, Edit Automation, View Automation, Manage Links, Find emails, Enable or Disable and Delete.
• The window that asks you to confirm before a scraper is switched on or off.
• Delete: Deletes what the open window asks about.
• Update: Saves the group or desktop name you typed.
• The box above the group table. Type a part of a group name to find it.
• Edit: Opens the group in the table for editing.
• View: Opens the data of the group in the table.

Windows from the group menu (each has its own page):

• The AI control window. See AI control.
• The delivery status window. See Exports and delivery.
• The window for the rules of the whole group. See Rules for all scrapers.
• Save: Saves the window you are in.
• Retry: Tries the last step again.
• A note on a scraper: the group sets how long data is kept.
• The data retention window of a group. See Groups.
• A note on a scraper: the group sets when it runs.
• The schedule window of a group. See Schedules.
• Time: The time of day the scheduled run starts.
• Timezone: The time zone that time belongs to.
• Details: Opens the details of a row in the Scrapers list of Rules for all scrapers.
• The list that filters the Scrapers list by label.
• The pencil on a rule or a row. It opens that item for editing.
• Prev: Shows the previous page of the list.
• A page number of the list. Press it to open that page.
• The box for a new label name in Rules for all scrapers, Labels.
• Saves the new label name.

Windows from the group menu: Find emails (see Find emails):

• Find emails: The Find emails window.
• The button that starts the Find emails window.
• From a scraper: Takes the websites from a scraper of the group.
• Paste or upload: Takes the websites you paste or upload.
• Scraper: Picks the source scraper.
• Website column: Picks the column that holds the web addresses.
• A switch. Each later run then adds its new websites to the list.
• Upload file: Picks a file of websites.
• The file box behind Upload file.
• Name: The name of the email list.
• Next: Goes to the cost step.
• Back: Goes back to change the list.
• Add funds: Opens the top-up window when the balance is too low.