Octoparse

Octoparse is a free and powerful website scanner used to extract almost all kinds of data from a website you are interested in. You can use Octoparse to copy a website with its extensive features and capabilities. Its user-friendly interface helps people with no programming experience get used to Octoparse quickly. It allows you to parse all the text from sites using AJAX, JavaScript, cookies and, in this way, you can download almost all the content of a website and save it in a structured format, such as EXCEL, TXT, HTML or in your databases. As an enhancement, it supports scheduled cloud parsing, allowing you to extract dynamic data in real time and keep a log file.

Octoparse is an advanced web data extraction service. Both advanced and inexperienced users can easily use Octoparse to extract information from web sites in bulk, no coding is required for most tasks. It makes data retrieval easier and faster. It knows how to automatically extract content from almost any website and allows you to save it as structured files in the format of your choice.

At one time, so-called offline browsers – programs that allow you to download entire websites or pages linked by links of a certain nesting level to your local computer – were very popular. The capabilities of offline browsers also included the extraction of specific types of content from web pages – images, multimedia files, archives and so on, i.e. in this case the program was used as a parser.

Special software designed for the automated collection of public data on the Internet according to specified conditions.

There are many different parsers, implemented as web services – SPparser and Q-Parser, desktop applications and even browser extensions, such as Parsers, Scraper and Data Scraper for Chrome. But most parsers are usually customized for specific tasks, they are not universal and in fact you have to use different parsers for different tasks. Not all parsers are like that though. Octoparse program differs from other parsers by its multitasking capability, but its even greater advantage is flexibility and relative simplicity, which makes the application attractive for average users.

To work with the program, you will have to go through the registration procedure with a confirmation email. After confirmation, you will be redirected to the plan selection page. You can choose between the “Free” and “Premium” plans. The first plan assumes functional limitations, not too significant, the premium plans are available on a commercial basis with a trial period of 14 days. But let’s move on to Octoparse. What exactly can this program do? Extract data of a certain type from sites according to the specified conditions.