The AI Scraper is not limited to e-commerce sites and can be used to scrape a wide range of complex and dynamic websites purely by prompting. It also supports fine-grained scraping instructions such as page-load behaviour. If some sites throw an error or take too long to scrape, the article suggests configuring goto options. The article concludes by encouraging readers to explore the use of JigsawStack’s AI scraper to scrape websites using prompts.
Key takeaways:
- Scraping e-commerce websites is a common practice for market research, price monitoring, product catalog enhancement, lead generation, and content aggregation.
- E-commerce websites can be challenging to scrape due to their complex HTML structures and frequent updates, which can impact CSS selectors.
- JigsawStack's AI Scraper uses natural language prompts to extract data from websites, eliminating the need for complex selectors or scripts. This ensures the scraper continues to retrieve accurate data even when selectors are updated or changed.
- The AI Scraper can be used to scrape a wide range of complex and dynamic websites, not just e-commerce sites, and supports fine-grained scraping instructions such as page-load behaviour.