{"id":9704,"date":"2024-08-27T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scrapingdog.com\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:54:01","slug":"top-5-web-scraping-javascript-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/blog\/top-5-web-scraping-javascript-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Best JavaScript Web Scraping Libraries in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9704\" class=\"elementor elementor-9704\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2633f62 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2633f62\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86c761f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"86c761f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Gutenberg \u201cCustom HTML\u201d block -->\r\n<div style=\"\r\n  background:#d9f4e5;\r\n  border-left:4px solid #1d9b6c;\r\n  padding:18px 24px;\r\n  margin:24px 0;\r\n  border-radius:6px;\r\n  font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;\r\n  font-size:18px;\r\n  line-height:1.65;\r\n  color:#1a1a1a;\">\r\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0; font-weight:600;\">TL;DR<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"margin:0; padding-left:20px;\">\r\n    <li>5 JS libraries for scraping in 2025: <code>request-promise-native<\/code>, <code>Unirest<\/code>, <code>Cheerio<\/code>, <code>Puppeteer<\/code>, <code>Osmosis<\/code>.<\/li>\r\n    <li>Fetch with HTTP clients; parse fast with <code>Cheerio<\/code>; use <code>Puppeteer<\/code> for JS-rendered pages &amp; interactions; <code>Osmosis<\/code> as a lightweight alternative.<\/li>\r\n    <li>Demos use <em>Books to Scrape<\/em> \/ <em>Wikipedia<\/em> with concise code for <code>GET<\/code>\/<code>POST<\/code>, DOM parsing, and headless grabs.<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5125eb font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5125eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web Scraping is a great way to collect large amounts of data in less time. Worldwide data is increasing, and web scraping has become more important for businesses than ever before.<\/p><p>In this article, we are going to list &amp; use JavaScript scraping libraries and frameworks to extract data from web pages. We are going to scrape <b>\u201cBook to Scrape\u201d<\/b> for demo purposes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99ff0ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99ff0ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">List of Best Javascript Web Scraping Library<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0c188f font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0c188f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmjs.com\/package\/request-promise-native\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">request-promise-native<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmjs.com\/package\/unirest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unirest<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmjs.com\/package\/cheerio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheerio<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/puppeteer\/puppeteer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puppeteer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmjs.com\/package\/osmosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osmosis<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f54c6df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f54c6df\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-594568a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"594568a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Request-Promise-Native<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-984b628 font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"984b628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is an HTTP client through which you can easily make HTTP calls. It also supports HTTPS &amp; follows redirects by default. Now, let\u2019s see an example of request-promise-native and how it works.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3b0d29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"e3b0d29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>const request = require(\u2018request-promise-native\u2019);\r\n\r\nlet scrape = async() => {\r\n var respo = await request(\u2018http:\/\/books.toscrape.com\/')\r\n return respo;\r\n}\r\n\r\nscrape().then((value) => {\r\n console.log(value); \/\/ HTML code of the website\r\n});<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31affcf font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31affcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>What are the advantages of using request-promise-native:<\/b><\/p><ol><li>It provides proxy support<\/li><li>Custom headers<\/li><li>HTTP Authentication<\/li><li>Support TLS\/SSL Protocol<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1108f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a1108f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f94b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f94b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unirest<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5663031 font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5663031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unirest is a lightweight HTTP client library from Mashape. Along with JS, it\u2019s also available for Java, .Net, Python, Ruby, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea78afc font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea78afc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><b>GET request<br \/><\/b><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7248f12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"7248f12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>var unirest = require('unirest');\r\n\r\nlet scrape = async() => {\r\n var respo = await unirest.get(\u2018http:\/\/books.toscrape.com\/')\r\n return respo.body;\r\n}\r\n\r\nscrape().then((value) => {\r\n console.log(value); \/\/ Success!\r\n});<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86febf2 font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86febf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>2. POST request<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c91ea64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"c91ea64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>var unirest = require(\u2018unirest\u2019);\r\n\r\nlet scrape = async() => {\r\n var respo = await unirest.post(\u2018http:\/\/httpbin.org\/anything').headers({'X-header': \u2018123\u2019})\r\n return respo.body;\r\n}\r\n\r\nscrape().then((value) => {\r\n console.log(value); \/\/ Success!\r\n});<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237641d font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"237641d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Response<\/b>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a33de0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"3a33de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>{\r\n args: {},\r\n data: \u2018\u2019,\r\n files: {},\r\n form: {},\r\n headers: {\r\n \u2018Content-Length\u2019: \u20180\u2019,\r\n Host: \u2018httpbin.org\u2019,\r\n \u2018X-Amzn-Trace-Id\u2019: \u2018Root=1\u20135ed62f2e-554cdc40bbc0b226c749b072\u2019,\r\n \u2018X-Header\u2019: \u2018123\u2019\r\n },\r\n json: null,\r\n method: \u2018POST\u2019,\r\n origin: \u201823.238.134.113\u2019,\r\n url: \u2018http:\/\/httpbin.org\/anything'\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbd1ccf font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbd1ccf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>3. PUT request<\/b>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-640a195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"640a195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>var unirest = require(\u2018unirest\u2019);\r\n\r\nlet scrape = async() => {\r\n var respo = await unirest.put(\u2018http:\/\/httpbin.org\/anything').headers({'X-header': \u2018123\u2019})\r\n return respo.body;\r\n}\r\n\r\nscrape().then((value) => {\r\n console.log(value); \/\/ Success!\r\n});<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d103f font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27d103f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Response<\/b>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd1cf7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"fd1cf7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>{\r\n args: {},\r\n data: \u2018\u2019,\r\n files: {},\r\n form: {},\r\n headers: {\r\n \u2018Content-Length\u2019: \u20180\u2019,\r\n Host: \u2018httpbin.org\u2019,\r\n \u2018X-Amzn-Trace-Id\u2019: \u2018Root=1\u20135ed62f91-bb2b684e39bbfbb3f36d4b6e\u2019,\r\n \u2018X-Header\u2019: \u2018123\u2019\r\n },\r\n json: null,\r\n method: \u2018PUT\u2019,\r\n origin: \u201823.63.69.65\u2019,\r\n url: \u2018http:\/\/httpbin.org\/anything'\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-771af22 font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"771af22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the response to POST and PUT requests, you can see I have added a custom header. We add custom headers to customize the result of the response.<\/p><p><b>Advantages of using Unirest<\/b><\/p><ol><li>support all HTTP Methods (GET, POST, DELETE, etc.)<\/li><li>support forms uploads<\/li><li>supports both streaming and callback interfaces<\/li><li>HTTP Authentication<\/li><li>Proxy Support<\/li><li>Support TLS\/SSL Protocol<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6fccef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6fccef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b6b677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b6b677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cheerio<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c291e9f font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c291e9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cheeriojs\/cheerio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheerio<\/a> module, you can use jQuery\u2019s syntax while working with downloaded web data. Cheerio allows developers to provide their attention to the downloaded data rather than parsing it. Now, we\u2019ll calculate the number of books available on the first page of the target website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba77243 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"ba77243\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>const cheerio = require(\u2018cheerio\u2019)\r\n\r\nlet scrape = async() => {\r\n var respo = await request(\u2018http:\/\/books.toscrape.com\/')\r\n return respo;\r\n}\r\n\r\nscrape().then((value) => {\r\n\r\nconst $ = cheerio.load(value)\r\n var numberofbooks = $(\u2018ol[class=\u201drow\u201d]\u2019).find(\u2018li\u2019).length\r\n console.log(numberofbooks); \/\/ 20!\r\n});<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2cb0c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2cb0c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5d8cdd font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5d8cdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are finding all the li tags inside the ol tag with class row.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-751f908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"751f908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1037\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_jl-Xe-H4rHnxLAvoW9763w.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9742\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_jl-Xe-H4rHnxLAvoW9763w.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_jl-Xe-H4rHnxLAvoW9763w-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_jl-Xe-H4rHnxLAvoW9763w-1024x328.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_jl-Xe-H4rHnxLAvoW9763w-768x246.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c4caab font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c4caab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Advantages of using Cheerio<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Familiar syntax: Cheerio implements a subset of core jQuery. It removes all the DOM inconsistencies and browser cruft from the jQuery library, revealing its genuinely gorgeous API.<\/li><li>Lightening Quick: Cheerio works with a straightforward, consistent DOM model. As a result, parsing, manipulating, and rendering are incredibly efficient. Preliminary end-to-end benchmarks suggest that cheerio is about 8x faster than JSDOM.<\/li><li>Stunningly flexible: Cheerio can parse nearly any HTML or XML document.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89b925c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89b925c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ed6fd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ed6fd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Puppeteer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9002ce4 font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9002ce4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/puppeteer\/puppeteer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puppetee<\/a>r is a Node.js library that offers a simple but efficient API that enables you to control Google\u2019s Chrome or Chromium browser.<\/li><li>It also enables you to run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/blog\/how-use-proxy-with-puppeteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chromium in headless mode<\/a> (useful for running browsers in servers) and send and receive requests without needing a user interface.<\/li><li>It has better control over the Chrome browser as it does not use any external adaptor to control Chrome plus it has Google support too.<\/li><li>The great thing is that it works in the background, performing actions as instructed by the API.<\/li><\/ul><p>We\u2019ll see an example of a puppeteer scraping the complete HTML code of our target <a href=\"https:\/\/books.toscrape.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf980c elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"bdf980c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>let scrape = async () => {\r\n const browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: true});\r\n const page = await browser.newPage(); \r\n\r\nawait page.goto(\u2018http:\/\/books.toscrape.com\/'); \r\n\r\nawait page.waitFor(1000); \r\n\r\nvar result = await page.content(); \r\n\r\nbrowser.close();\r\n return result;\r\n};\r\n\r\nscrape().then((value) => {\r\n console.log(value); \/\/ complete HTML code of the target url!\r\n});<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d015a05 font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d015a05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>What each step means here:<\/b><\/p><ol><li>This will launch a chrome browser.<\/li><li>Second-line will open a new tab.<\/li><li>The third line will open that target URL.<\/li><li>We are waiting for 1 second to let the page load completely.<\/li><li>We are extracting all the HTML content of that website.<\/li><li>We are closing the Chrome browser.<\/li><li>returning the results.<\/li><\/ol><p><b>Advantages of using Puppeteer<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Click elements such as buttons, links, and images<\/li><li>Automate form submissions<\/li><li>Navigate pages<\/li><li>Take a timeline trace to find out where the issues are on a website<\/li><li>Carry out automated testing for user interfaces and various front-end apps directly in a browser<\/li><li>Take screenshots<\/li><li>Convert web pages to PDF files<\/li><\/ul><p>I have explained everything about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/blog\/puppeteer-web-scraping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Puppeteer<\/b> over here<\/a>; please go through the complete article.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddf864f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ddf864f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5271642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5271642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Osmosis<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a7535 font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27a7535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmjs.com\/package\/osmosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osmosis<\/a> is HTML\/XML parser and web scraper.<\/li><li>It is written in node.js which packed with css3\/XPath selector and lightweight HTTP wrapper<\/li><li>No large dependencies like Cheerio<\/li><\/ul><p>We\u2019ll do a simple single-page scrape. We\u2019ll be working with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a> on Wikipedia, which contains population information for the US States.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc4c7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"5cc4c7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>osmosis('https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population').set({ heading: \u2018h1\u2019, title: \u2018title\u2019}).data(item => console.log(item));<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-863940a font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"863940a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The response will look like this<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1151f88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"1151f88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>{ heading: \u2018List of U.S. states and territories by population\u2019, title: \u2018List of U.S. states and territories by population \u2014 Wikipedia\u2019 }<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebd20ca font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebd20ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Advantages of using Osmosis<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Supports CSS 3.0 and XPath 1.0 selector hybrids<\/li><li>Load and search AJAX content<\/li><li>Logs URLs, redirects, and errors<\/li><li>Cookie jar and custom cookies\/headers\/user agent<\/li><li>Login\/form submission, session cookies, and basic auth<\/li><li>Single proxy or multiple proxies and handles proxy failure<\/li><li>Retries and redirect limits<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e40c4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e40c4f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a4d9c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a4d9c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Choose the Best JavaScript Library for Web Scraping?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91aac1a font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91aac1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are a few things to consider before choosing the best javascript library for web scraping:<\/p><ol><li>Easy to use and has good documentation.<\/li><li>Able to handle a large amount of data.<\/li><li>Able to handle different types of data (e.g., text, images, etc.).<\/li><li>The library should be able to handle different types of web pages (e.g., static, dynamic, etc.).<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d57cae1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d57cae1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb7fce5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb7fce5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c0b400 font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c0b400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We understood how we could scrape data with Nodejs using <b>Puppeteer, Osmosis, Request-promise-Native &amp; Unirest<\/b> regardless of the type of website. Web scraping is set to grow as time progresses. As web scraping applications abound, JavaScript libraries will grow in demand. While there are salient JavaScript libraries, it could be puzzling to choose the right one. However, it would eventually boil down to your own respective requirements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60d6a34 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60d6a34\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aba0bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9aba0bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nAdditional Resources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3f6528 font-color-green elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3f6528\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And there\u2019s the list! At this point, you should feel comfortable writing your first web scraper to gather data from any website. Here are a few additional resources that you may find helpful during your web scraping journey:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/blog\/web-scraping-with-nodejs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web Scraping with NodeJs &amp; Javascript<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/blog\/jquery-web-scraping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web Scraping with jQuery<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrapingdog.com\/blog\/html-parsing-libraries-javascript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best HTML Parsing Libraries \u2013 JavaScript<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dcb7e9 e-con-full web-scraping-right-con elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4dcb7e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52dfdd2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52dfdd2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ad6f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81ad6f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Web Scraping with Scrapingdog<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352c11c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"352c11c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScrape the web without the hassle of getting blocked\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daccc0d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"daccc0d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42bbe55 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"42bbe55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/api.scrapingdog.com\/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Try for 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