I made a Chrome extension that can scrape any website with one click
Hi HN! Ah yes, another web scraper. There are so many out there, so why make another one? Because I wanted one that's stupid simple and stupid fast. Unlike most web scrapers, Easy Scraper doesn’t make you build a new scraper for each site or individually select fields. You just open it and bam, your data's ready to go. My favorite use case for instantly extracting data anywhere is being able to easily talk to ChatGPT about custom datasets. For example, here's a 1-minute demo of me scraping my Twitter followers to find the ones that live in San Francisco:…
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Easy Scraper is a Chrome extension that extracts data from any website automatically with a single click, without requiring users to configure separate scrapers for each site. Designed for anyone needing to quickly gather information from web pages, it runs locally on the user's machine for speed and privacy. The tool works by identifying and collecting data patterns automatically, making it useful for tasks like feeding custom datasets to AI chatbots or analyzing online information.
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Hi HN! Ah yes, another web scraper. There are so many out there, so why make another one? Because I wanted one that's stupid simple and stupid fast. Unlike most web scrapers, Easy Scraper doesn’t make you build a new scraper for each site or individually select fields. You just open it and bam, your data's ready to go. My favorite use case for instantly extracting data anywhere is being able to easily talk to ChatGPT about custom datasets. For example, here's a 1-minute demo of me scraping my Twitter followers to find the ones that live in San Francisco: https://www.loom.com/share/e3248c15a05041deae592d4157ddf4e2?... Here are some other aspects that I think HN users will especially appreciate: - Because it runs locally, (1) it's fast (stupid fast!) (2) it's private (your data stays on your machine) (3) you won't have issues with bot detection (unless you're scraping like a madman; obviously, use your discretion) - You can use it without granting any browser permissions (which is great because Chrome extensions are often a security nightmare) - You can use it without signing up for an account I’ve been building Chrome extensions and web scrapers since college (over a decade ago!), and I'm really proud of how this one turned out. Check it out and let me know what you think! https://easyscraper.com
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