

They are specially written to bypass stronger anti-scraping techniques. For example, eBay and Google Maps templates are OTD task templates.Īs for JavaScript/Python task templates, namely, are written by our data engineer team to deal with more complex websites, such as Amazon, Twitter, Instagram, etc. When you choose to run a template, an OTD task template will show options of "Run task on your local device" and "Run task in the Cloud". OTD task templates are tasks we build with Octoparse Advanced Mode. There are mainly two types of task templates, one is the OTD task template, and the other is JavaScript/Python template. Template modification is an extra-paid service if you need a template dedicated to your usage. If you want to modify a certain template, such as adding/removing some data fields, then you may need to contact us to adjust. Our task templates are not editable for users. The task created can be seen after you refresh the Dashboard. Choose "Run on your local device" or "Run in the Cloud".Search on the home page or select a website icon.
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If your target website to scrape can be found in our list of task templates, then why not give it a try? You can apply for a free 14-day premium trial to test those templates since this is a premium feature! You can just enter the keyword(s) or target page URL to get the data extracted without setting up crawlers yourself. By now, Octoparse has over 100 pre-built templates for users. From the picture below, you can see some popular task templates for Amazon, Twitter, Google Maps, etc. Task Templates, on the contrary, are pre-built task templates for popular websites of different types. One is called Advanced Mode, and the other is called Task Template.Īdvanced Mode, a highly customizable mode, is for users to manually set up tasks to deal with a variety of websites. There are two modes for users to set up tasks to pull out data with Octoparse.
