TABLE OF CONTENTS

• What is scrapy_splash?
• Our View on scrapy_splash
  • Usage Rating of scrapy_splash
  • Configuration
  • When to use scrapy_splash
• Reference and documentation

What is scrapy_splash?

Splash is the javascript rendering engine mantained by Zyte and scrapy_splash is the python module

Our View on scrapy_splash

Usage Rating of scrapy_splash

1. BEST CHOICE: This is among the preferred tools we use

Configuration

In our instances there's installed the docker image and the service is running on startup.

When to use scrapy_splash

This python module is required when there's the need to solve javascript challenges in the website.

Reference and documentation

https://www.zyte.com/blog/handling-javascript-in-scrapy-with-splash/

https://medium.com/@shahwaiz055/scrapy-splash-400a03a829bf