node-spider

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node-spider

Generic web crawler powered by Node.js

Installation

Using npm:

$ npm install node-spider

Usage

var Spider = require('node-spider');
 
var spider = new Spider({
    // How many requests can be run in parallel
    concurrent: 5,
    // How long to wait after each request
    delay: 0,
    // A stream to where internal logs are sent, optional
    logs: process.stderr,
    // Re-visit visited URLs, false by default
    allowDuplicates: false,
    // If `true` all queued handlers will be try-catch'd, errors go to `error` callback
    catchErrors: true,
    // If `true` the spider will set the Referer header automatically on subsequent requests
    addReferrer: false,
    // If `true` adds the X-Requested-With:XMLHttpRequest header
    xhr: false,
    // If `true` adds the Connection:keep-alive header and forever option on request module
    keepAlive: false,
    // Called when there's an error, throw will be used if none is provided
    error: function(err, url) {
    },
    // Called when there are no more requests
    done: function() {
    },
 
    //- All options are passed to `request` module, for example:
    headers: { 'user-agent': 'node-spider' },
    encoding: 'utf8'
});
 
var handleRequest = function(doc) {
    // new page crawled
    console.log(doc.res); // response object
    console.log(doc.url); // page url
    // uses cheerio, check its docs for more info
    doc.$('a').each(function(i, elem) {
        // do stuff with element
        var href = doc.$(elem).attr('href').split('#')[0];
        var url = doc.resolve(href);
        // crawl more
        spider.queue(url, handleRequest);
    });
};
 
// start crawling
spider.queue('http://google.com/', handleRequest);

License

Copyright (c) 2014, Ariel Flesler All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

  • Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

  • Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

  • Neither the name of the {organization} nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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