Parser Functions

Overview

This article lists and explains the available commands within the Parser code for writing a scraper using the IDE.

Commands marked with a star ⭐ are proprietary functions developed by Bright Data.

input

Global variable available to the parser code

let url = input.url;

$

An instance of cheerio

$('#example').text()

$('$example').attr('href')

$('#example').text_sane(); /* This is like $().text() but also trims text and replace all space characters with single space "a b \t\n\n c" -> "a b c" */

location

A global variable available to the parser code. Object with info about current location

let current_url = location.href; // "https://example.com/"

Image
Collect image data

let i = new Image('https://example.com/image.png');
collect({image: i});

Video
Collect video data

let v = new Video('https://example.com/video.mp4');
collect({video: v});

Money
Collect price/money data

let p = new Money(10, 'USD');
collect({product_price: p});