Automate Your Tech News Feed: Scrape Latest TechCrunch Articles Instantly
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Effortlessly capture the latest breaking tech news from TechCrunch. This workflow automatically scrapes and extracts key information from their latest articles, keeping you informed.
About This Workflow
Stay ahead of the curve with this powerful automation workflow designed to bring the latest TechCrunch articles directly to you. The workflow begins by triggering an HTTP request to the TechCrunch 'latest' page. It then intelligently parses the HTML to identify and isolate individual article posts. For each identified post, it extracts crucial details like the image, title, URL, and publication date. Furthermore, it dives deeper into each article's detail page to capture the full content and refine metadata. Finally, all extracted information is consolidated and prepared for further use, ensuring you never miss a significant tech development.
Key Features
- Automated Data Extraction: Reliably scrape the latest articles from TechCrunch.
- Comprehensive Detail Capture: Extracts images, titles, URLs, publication dates, and full content.
- Targeted Information Retrieval: Specifically designed to fetch data from TechCrunch's latest news feed.
- Modular Design: Easily integrates into broader automation pipelines.
- No-Code Configuration: Built using intuitive nodes for straightforward setup.
How To Use
- Trigger the Workflow: Click the 'Test workflow' button to initiate the scraping process.
- Fetch Latest Articles: The workflow makes an HTTP request to the TechCrunch 'latest' page.
- Isolate Article Containers: The 'Parse a posts box' node extracts the HTML containing all article listings.
- Extract Individual Posts: The 'Parse all posts' node identifies and separates each article's listing.
- Split into Separate Items: The 'split out the posts' node ensures each article is processed individually.
- Extract Post Summaries: The 'Parse each post in detail' node retrieves the title, URL, image, and date from the article listing.
- Fetch Full Article Content: The 'Request a post detail page' node navigates to each article's unique URL.
- Parse Detailed Content: The 'Parse a post's content and metadata' node extracts the full article content, title, thumbnail, and publication date.
- Save Extracted Data: The 'Save the values' node consolidates the extracted information into a structured format for your use.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
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"id": "88908764-e149-4ac1-b31b-1dcb4cd9cdef",
"name": "Automate Your Tech News Feed: Scrape Latest TechCrunch Articles Instantly",
"nodes": 27,
"category": "DevOps",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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