PalmerBet Racing Scraper

A Node.js Actor template for scraping data from a single web page. It takes a URL as input, fetches the page using Axios, parses the HTML with Cheerio, and stores the extracted data in an Apify dataset. The example code extracts page headings, but you can modify it to scrape any content.

Key Features

• Apify SDK: Built using the toolkit for developing and running Apify Actors.
• Input Schema: Uses a defined schema to validate input, requiring a url parameter.
• Structured Storage: Outputs data to an Apify dataset for easy access and export.
• Axios & Cheerio: Relies on Axios for robust HTTP requests and Cheerio for fast, jQuery-like HTML parsing.
• Customizable: The scraping logic is straightforward to edit for your specific target data.

How to Use

Input

The Actor requires an input object containing the page URL to scrape.

{
  "url": "https://example.com"
}

Process

1. The Actor retrieves the input URL via Actor.getInput().
2. It fetches the HTML of the page using axios.get(url).
3. The HTML is loaded into Cheerio with cheerio.load(response.data) for parsing.
4. The default parsing code extracts all heading elements (h1 through h6). You should modify this selector to target the data you need.
   javascript $("h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6").each((_i, element) => { // Example extraction logic headings.push({ heading: $(element).text(), }); });
5. Extracted data is saved using Actor.pushData(data) to the dataset.

Output

The scraped data is stored in the Actor's dataset. Each item is an object containing the scraped fields (e.g., heading). You can download the data in JSON, CSV, or other formats via the Apify console or API.

Running the Actor

On the Apify Platform

1. Build the Actor from this template in the Apify Console.
2. Configure the input with your target URL and run it.

Local Development

Use the Apify CLI to pull and run the Actor locally.

1. Install Apify CLI:
   bash npm -g install apify-cli
   or
   bash brew install apify-cli

2. Pull the Actor: Use its unique name or ID (found in the Apify console).
   bash apify pull <ActorId>

Resources

• Web scraping in Node.js with Axios and Cheerio
• Apify SDK for JavaScript documentation
• Apify Platform documentation
• Join our developer community on Discord