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Scrapy: Fast Web Scraping

Extract web data with Scrapy, a Python framework for founders. 62k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “Scrapy, a fast high-level web crawling & scraping framework for Python.”

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64,947 stars+130★ this week12,034 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jun 29Install verified Oct 19Updated 10/21/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Use Scrapy to automatically download and collect data from websites in Python.

Real use case example

"A solo developer needs to gather product information from Amazon to build a price comparison tool for their e-commerce site. They would set up a Scrapy project, write a Python script to crawl Amazon's website, and extract the required data. After running the script, they would be left with a CSV file containing the product details, which they could then use to build their price comparison tool."

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When to use it
  • •When you need to collect and process large amounts of data from multiple websites
  • •When you want to monitor website changes and updates
  • •When you need to integrate web data into your application or service
Ready-to-paste prompt
scrapy crawl quotes -o quotes.json
Heads up: Make sure you have the correct version of Python installed, as Scrapy requires Python 3.6 or higher, and also be aware of the website's 'robots.txt' file and terms of service to avoid getting blocked or violating usage policies
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How Scrapy: Fast Web Scraping works
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Scrapy: Fast Web Scraping is a large Python project (~29k lines across 184 code files, plus 297 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, BSD-3-Clause license, has a test suite.

Size
Large codebase
~29k lines · 184 code files · ~4 h to skim
Setup
One-command install
Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.
Runs on
Python
No API keys detected
Python 100%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.rst
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    scrapy/__main__.py
    Where the program starts running
  3. 3
    pyproject.toml
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    scrapy/__init__.py
    Inside scrapy/ — the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
scrapy/Core code — the actual logic187 files
docs/Documentation74 files
sep/Folder21 files
extras/Folder6 files
tests_typing/Folder3 files
tests/Tests — proof it works349 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)12 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksBSD-3-Clause licenseUpdated this month
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Creator
scrapy
Language
Python
Category
devtools
Published
2/22/2010

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