ScreenScraper

ScreenScraper

Tool to automatically grab data from sites

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What is ScreenScraper?

"ScreenScraper" is a compact Chrome extension designed to make web data extraction easy. It enables users to automatically scrape sets of data from websites and download them as CSV or JSON files. Just select your data element, and ScreenScraper will do the rest.

Merlin
Stats
Users: 4,055 ▲ 3
Rating: 3.00 (34)
Version: 0.3.1 (Last updated: 2013-07-15)
Creation date: 2013-07-15
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • tabs
Size: 138.24K
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Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Merlin
Summary

Automatically grab sets of data from websites and download it as a CSV or JSON file. Basically, a small extension that acts as a screen scraper and lets your easily scrape data from a website.

Let's say you have a website with:

Joe Seattle
Jean Austin
Ben
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User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Saves hours of work
  • Useful for element and email extraction
  • Simple interface with helpful video instructions
Cons
  • Lack of documentation
  • Doesn't appear on corner after addition
  • No ability to save or delete CSS column selectors
Most mentioned
  • No documentation
  • It's useful for those who know HTML and CSS
  • Does not work
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Safety
Risk impact

ScreenScraper 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 ScreenScraper if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

ScreenScraper has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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