Scraper

Scraper gets data out of web pages and into spreadsheets.

What is Scraper?

'Scraper' is a Chrome extension designed for simple data mining tasks. Aimed towards intermediate to advanced users comfortable with XPath, it assists in fast data extraction from web pages and compiles the data into a spreadsheet format for easy analysis. It also includes features such as copying data to clipboard, Google Docs export, auto-generation of XPaths, and more.

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 3.92 (331)

Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2015-04-20)

Creation date: 2015-04-20

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

identity
tabs
contextMenus
clipboardWrite
unlimitedStorage
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 2.08M

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2116 ▼ 37

Other rankings

#2447 in Developer Tools ▲ 2

#1 in scraper keyword 58

#8 in data scraper keyword 55

#15 in spreadsheet tools keyword 17 ▼ 1

#26 in web scraper keyword 46 ▼ 2

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Summary

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Scraper is a very simple (but limited) data mining extension for facilitating online research when you need to get data into spreadsheet form quickly. It is intended as an easy-to-use tool for intermediate to advanced users who are comfortable with XPath.

1.7
- feature: copy data to clipboard (as tab-separated values)
- fix: upgraded oauth for Google Docs export
- fix: upgraded manifest to v2 and added web store promotional images
1.6
- fixed issue with spreadsheet titles ending with colons during export
- other minor fixes
1.5
- minor fixes
1.4
- added presets feature
- smaller xpaths are auto-generated
- newlines are preserved in export
- slightly improved table selector won't capture rows containing no TDs

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Flexible
Allows saving settings for each website
Can be used with XPath

Cons

Limited free version
Requires XPath knowledge
Not user-friendly for beginners

Most mentioned

Limited free version
Requires XPath knowledge
Frames not supported
No instructions on how to use it

Recent reviews

很好用

Tracy X-photonics Laser, 2024-04-06

很好用

Tracy Qiao, 2024-04-06

Free version permits you to use it just for ONE single time! I couldn't even decide whether I like this extension or not, or if it works properly or not. Pffffffff, waste of time!

Sherwin Phoulady, 2024-03-31

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Safety

Risk impact

Scraper is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Scraper if you trust the publisher.