About Robots

Find information about the different types of robots and how to use them.

42 articles in this collection
Written by Henrik Hofmeister and Morten Franck

Change Detection (diff/delta)

Using change detection to find out when values change

Written by Morten Franck
Updated over a week ago

Where are your video tutorials?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

Dexi Basics

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

Web Data Extraction Basics

Understand the basic web technologies used for extracting data

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

What should I know about proxy servers and anonymity?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

What should I know about input and output?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

What should I know about regular expressions?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

About Pipes

Pipes Robot Settings

Written by Morten Franck
Updated over a week ago

Pipes

Learn about pipes and when you should use them.

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated this week

How do I debug a Pipes project?

Get help troubleshooting pipes through our debugging feature

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I download a file using Pipes?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

Tutorial: Competitive pricing comparison

Using pipes and dictionary matching.

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

About Extractors

Extractor Error Handling

How to handle errors in your steps and pages that change their layout

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

Extractors

How to build and execute Extractor robots

Written by Morten Franck
Updated over a week ago

Extractors: Lists & Loops

How to build Extractors that process lists of items

Written by Morten Franck
Updated over a week ago

Extractors: Page Navigation

How Extractors navigate from page to page

Written by Morten Franck
Updated over a week ago

Extractors: Troubleshooting

Common issues and their solutions for extractors

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I debug a failed extractor execution?

Learn how to debug and fix your extractor robots

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

Using a Data type as robot inputs or outputs

Data types are structure definitions for your data.

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

What should I know about the extractor editor?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I extract a file from a page?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I navigate paginated Web sites?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

What should I know about elements, paths, and scopes?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I address a "Load More" element?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

What should I know about site navigation?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I work with elements the editor won't select?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I improve robot performance?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I extract text from a page?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I address infinite scrolling?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I extract a link/URL?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I troubleshoot a loop?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I extract information from a table?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I use the JSON robot definition?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I address anti-robot features?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

About Crawlers

How can I build a crawling robot?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I crawl a Web site directory?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

What should I know about page processors?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

About AutoBots

What are AutoBots?

Introduction and guide to using AutoBots

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

Executing robots

How can I use the robot you built for me?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I download my results?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I create a run?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago

How can I use multiple input values?

Written by Henrik Hofmeister
Updated over a week ago