Web Scraper Chrome Extension Development

Ernesto Donado

Web Developer

Flask

Node.js

npm

Computer Software

Web Scraper Chrome Extension

Overview

The Web Scraper Chrome Extension is a powerful tool designed to extract essential content from web pages quickly and efficiently. With the ability to scrape titles, body text, images, headers, subheaders, and links, this extension provides users with the data they need for analysis, research, or content creation.

Features

Title Extraction: Capture the title of the web page.

Body Text Scraping: Retrieve all text content from the body of the page.

Image URLs: Collect URLs of all images displayed on the page.

Headers and Subheaders: Extract all headers (h1, h2, h3) for better content structuring.

Links Collection: Gather all hyperlinks present on the page for easy access.

User-Friendly Interface: Intuitive and simple to use, designed for users of all skill levels.

Installation

Prerequisites

Google Chrome or any Chromium-based browser

Node.js and npm

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/web-scraper.git

cd web-scraper

Install Dependencies

npm install

Build the Extension

npm run build

Load the Extension

Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/. Enable "Developer mode" by toggling the switch in the upper right corner. Click "Load unpacked" and select the dist folder of the project.

Usage

Click the Web Scraper icon in your Chrome toolbar. Navigate to the web page you want to scrape. Click the "Scrape Page" button in the extension popup. View the extracted data displayed in the popup.

API Integration

The scraped data can be sent to a server for further processing. The default server endpoint is set to http://localhost:5000/scrape. Ensure you have a Flask backend running to handle the scraped data.

Flask Backend Setup

To set up the backend, follow these steps:

Navigate to the backend directory.

Install Flask and CORS:

pip install Flask flask-cors

Run the Flask server:

python app.py

Contributing

We welcome contributions to improve the Web Scraper Chrome Extension! To contribute:

Fork the repository.

Create a new branch:

git checkout -b feature/YourFeature

Make your changes and commit them:

git commit -m "Add your message"

Push to the branch:

git push origin feature/YourFeature

Create a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

Inspired by web scraping tools and technologies. Special thanks to the open-source community for their invaluable contributions.

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Posted Jul 24, 2025

Developed a Web Scraper Chrome Extension for extracting web page content.

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