- name
- crawlee-web-scraper
- description
- Resilient web scraper with bot-detection evasion using the Crawlee library. Use when web_fetch is blocked by rate limits or bot detection. Supports single URLs, bulk file input, and automatic fallback from requests to Crawlee on 403/429 responses.
crawlee-web-scraper
Drop-in replacement for web_fetch when sites block automated requests. Crawlee handles session management, retry logic, and bot-detection evasion automatically.
Scripts
crawlee_fetch.py— main scraper; accepts a single URL or a file of URLs; returns JSONcrawlee_http.py— library helper; triesrequestsfirst, falls back to Crawlee on 403/429/503
Usage
# Single URL, return HTML preview
python3 scripts/crawlee_fetch.py --url "https://example.com"
# Single URL, extract text (strips HTML tags)
python3 scripts/crawlee_fetch.py --url "https://example.com" --extract-text
# Bulk scrape from file
python3 scripts/crawlee_fetch.py --urls-file urls.txt --output results.jsonLibrary usage
from crawlee_http import fetch_with_fallback
resp = fetch_with_fallback("https://example.com")
print(resp.status_code, resp.text[:500])Output
JSON array with one object per URL:
[
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"status": 200,
"fetched_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"length": 12345,
"text": "Page content..."
}
]Installation
pip install crawlee requestsWhen to use
web_fetchreturns 403 / 429 / empty- Bulk scraping 10+ URLs
- Sites using Cloudflare or similar bot protection