Cockroach Crawler

Web Scraping API and Proxies

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This tool performs controlled and bounded web crawling by programmatically extracting and converting permitted web pages into structured formats such as Markdown, JSON, or JSONL while ensuring compliance with robots.txt and network policies. It offers features including a command-line interface for automated workflows, a JavaScript API for integrating with Node.js services, explicit boundary definitions to prevent overreach, optional browser rendering support, and strict security measures to reject unsafe URLs and embedded credentials. Designed for developers, data analysts, and automated testing professionals, it solves problems related to scalable, compliant web data extraction, resource management, and secure crawling within defined boundaries.

Cockroach Crawler can be found in Web Scraping API and Proxies categories.

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Cockroach Crawler Main Features

• Open source
  Its code is available for free and can be checked or modified.
• Policy limits
  Operators can set time and resource limits for crawls.
• Version 0.2.0
  It is stable and ready for use.
• Bounded crawl jobs
  It performs controlled crawling with clear limits and output formats.
• Inspect the source
  You can see and review the code behind it.
• Node.js compatible
  It works with Node.js version 20.18 or higher.
• Three entry points
  You can run it using CLI, JavaScript API, or an agent adapter.
• Crawl the public web
  It can scan and collect data from the public web within set boundaries.
• Start in five minutes
  It is quick to set up and start using.
• Default network options
  It connects safely by default with redirects validated at every step.
• Explicit crawl boundary
  You can set a clear start and end point for each crawl.
• Chromium rendering options
  It can optionally load pages with a browser to see dynamic content, within resource limits.
• Local CLI and JavaScript API
  You can use it with a command line tool or program it with JavaScript.
• Outputs in Markdown and JSONL
  It provides data in easy-to-read formats.
• Denied routes do not reach extractor
  Blocked pages are not processed to save resources.
• Requests cross one reviewed boundary
  It only fetches pages within approved boundaries, ensuring safety.
• Convert pages into MD, JSON, or JSONL
  It turns web pages into Markdown, JSON, or JSONL files for easy use.
• Security is built into the crawl path
  It checks for unsafe content and rejects problematic URLs automatically.
• JavaScript API with options and callbacks
  You can customize the crawler's behavior and handle events in your code.
• Uses a tested provider and serverless contracts
  It works reliably with tested services and serverless setups.
• Enforces robots, network policy, and resource limits
  It follows rules for web crawling and manages network and memory use.

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