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linkExtractor
Jan. 08, 2021
linkExtractor
Type:
function
Parameter syntax
linkExtractor: ({ $, url, defaultExtractor }) ==> {
...
// return ['https://...']
}
About this parameter
Override the default logic used to extract URLs from pages.
By default, we queue all URLs that comply with pathsToMatch, fileTypesToMatch, and exclusions.
You can override this default logic by providing a custom function which executes on each crawled page, and returns the URLs to queue.
The expected return value is an array of URLs (as strings).
Examples
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{
linkExtractor: ({ $, url, defaultExtractor }) => {
if (/example.com\/doc\//.test(url.href) {
// For all pages under /doc, only queue the first found link
return defaultExtractor().slice(0,1);
}
// Otherwise, use the default logic (queue all found links)
return defaultExtractor();
},
}
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{
linkExtractor: ({ $, url, defaultExtractor }) => {
return /sitemap.xml/.test(url.href) ? defaultExtractor() : [];
// This turns off link discovery, except for URLs listed in sitemap.xml
},
}
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{
linkExtractor: ({ $ }) => {
// Access the DOM and extract what you specify
return [$('.my-link').attr('href')]
},
}
Parameters
url
|
type: URL
Optional
URL of the resource that was just crawled. |
defaultExtractor
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type: function
Optional
Default function used internally by the Crawler to discover URLs from a resource’s content. It returns an array of strings containing all URLs found on the current resource (if they match the configuration). |
$
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type: object (Cheerio instance)
Optional
A Cheerio instance containing the HTML of the crawled page. |
