Selenium Ultimate Scraper Workflow for Advanced Web Scraping
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Automate advanced web scraping tasks with this n8n workflow. It leverages Selenium for browser automation, extracts specific data using HTML selectors, and processes cookies before sending them to an OpenAI Chat Model for analysis or further action.
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Overview
This n8n workflow is designed for sophisticated web scraping operations. It utilizes Selenium to interact with web pages as a real browser would, allowing for dynamic content retrieval and advanced anti-detection techniques. The workflow begins by extracting specific URLs using a CSS selector, then initiates a Selenium session, cleans the browser environment to avoid detection, and processes cookies. Finally, it integrates with an OpenAI Chat Model for data analysis or classification, and includes robust error handling and session termination logic to ensure stability and resource management.
Key Features
- Dynamic Web Scraping: Employs Selenium for browser automation, enabling interaction with JavaScript-heavy websites.
- Targeted Data Extraction: Uses precise CSS selectors to extract specific data elements, such as URLs.
- Anti-Detection Measures: Includes a script to remove Selenium's
webdriverflag and other indicators, making scraped sessions harder to detect. - Cookie Management: Extracts, cleans, and converts cookie attributes (like
sameSite) for compatibility with Selenium. - AI Integration: Connects with OpenAI's Chat Models (like GPT-4o) for advanced data processing, analysis, or content generation based on scraped data.
- Robust Session Handling: Manages Selenium session creation and deletion, including error handling to ensure clean shutdowns.
How To Use
- Configure Trigger: Set up a webhook or other trigger to initiate the workflow.
- Define Website Domain: Provide the target website domain in the
Edit Fields (For testing prupose )node. - Set up Selenium Hub: Ensure your Selenium Grid or standalone server is running and accessible at
http://selenium_chrome:4444. - Configure OpenAI Credentials: Set up your OpenAI API credentials in n8n.
- Customize Extraction: Adjust the CSS selector in the
Extract First Url Matchnode to target the specific data you need. - Review AI Prompt: Modify the
OpenAI Chat Modelnode's prompt to suit your analysis or processing requirements. - Deploy and Monitor: Run the workflow and monitor its execution, adjusting parameters as needed.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
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"id": "88cd211a-67fb-4320-a7dc-2b6551d14091",
"name": "Selenium Ultimate Scraper Workflow for Advanced Web Scraping",
"nodes": 0,
"category": "Web Scraping & Data Extraction",
"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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