Spider Free - The simplest web scraper

Spider let's you turn websites into organized data, download them as JSON/CSV. No coding or configuration required.

What is Spider Free - The simplest web scraper?

Spider Free - The simplest web scraper, is a handy chrome extension designed to simplify web scraping. It seamlessly transforms websites into organized data which can be downloaded as JSON files or spreadsheets. Remarkably, there's no need for any technical expertise or configuration setting adjustments. Just install the extension, and start clicking away.

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Extension stats

By: https://amie-chen.com

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 8,000+

Rating: 3.89 (27)

Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2022-07-26)

Creation date: 2019-04-26

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
downloads
activeTab
scripting

Host permissions:

http://fonts.googleapis.com/
https://fonts.googleapis.com/

Size: 17.82K

Email: ch*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 11634 ▼ 25

Other rankings

#24251 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 16

#10 in web scraper keyword 55

#13 in web scraping keyword 55

#18 in scraper keyword 62 ▼ 2

#20 in scraping keyword 55

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Extension summary

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Spider is a smart point-and-click web scraping tool. With Spider, you can turn websites into organized data, download it as JSON or spreadsheet. There's no coding experience or configuration time involved, simply open the chrome extension and start clicking.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Easy to use for basic web scraping tasks
Saves time compared to manual data extraction
Free to use and effective for simple scraping needs
Intuitive for users familiar with product management tasks
Useful for saving data with little additional work required

Cons

Doesn't correctly detect tables, columns, or rows
Lacks support for pagination
Not intuitive for new users, with unclear instructions
Support website link is broken
Limited functionality with missing features like nested JSON generation

Most mentioned

Need for clearer user instructions
Issues with the support page being broken
Desire for multiple patterns for different web pages
Request for additional features like a copy button
Experience of errors when using the extension

Recent reviews

Doesn't detect tables/columns/rows correctly, doesn't support pagination.

Chris C, 2024-08-07

I was trying to save a page from cloudfront. All was happened that this extension downloaded a 20B long json with a URL to cloudfront. I was playing around with it for 10 minutes, now I'm giving up.