- Enhanced the web scraping strategy with new methods for optimized media handling.
- Added new utility functions for better content processing.
- Refined existing features for improved accuracy and efficiency in scraping tasks.
- Introduced more robust filtering criteria for media elements.
- Enhanced error handling in async crawler.
- Added flexible options in Markdown generation.
- Updated user agent settings for improved reliability.
- Reflected changes in documentation and examples.
- Introduced the PruningContentFilter for better content relevance.
- Implemented comprehensive unit tests for verification of functionality.
- Enhanced existing BM25ContentFilter tests for edge case coverage.
- Updated documentation to include usage examples for new filter.
- Added new Docker commands for platform-specific builds.
- Updated README with comprehensive installation and setup instructions.
- Introduced `post_install` method in setup script for automation.
- Refined migration processes with enhanced error logging.
- Bump version to 0.3.746 and updated dependencies.
- Added a post-installation setup script for initialization.
- Updated README with installation notes for Playwright setup.
- Enhanced migration logging for better error visibility.
- Added 'pydantic' to requirements.
- Bumped version to 0.3.746.
feat(requirements): update requirements.txt to include snowballstemmer
fix(version_manager): correct version parsing to use __version__.__version__
feat(main): introduce chunking strategy and content filter in CrawlRequest model
feat(content_filter): enhance BM25 algorithm with priority tag scoring for improved content relevance
feat(logger): implement new async logger engine replacing print statements throughout library
fix(database): resolve version-related deadlock and circular lock issues in database operations
docs(docker): expand Docker deployment documentation with usage instructions for Docker Compose
chore(requirements): add colorama dependency
refactor(config): add SHOW_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS flag and clean up code
fix(docs): update example scripts for clarity and consistency
- Update version number to 0.3.71
- Add sleep_on_close option to AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy
- Enhance context creation with additional options
- Improve error message formatting and visibility
- Update quickstart documentation
- Implement playwright_stealth for better bot detection avoidance
- Add user simulation and navigator override options
- Improve iframe processing and browser selection
- Enhance error reporting and debugging capabilities
- Optimize image processing and parallel crawling
- Add new example for user simulation feature
- Added support for including links in Markdown content, by definin g a new flag `include_links_on_markdown` in `crawl` method.
- Add browser type selection (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit)
- Implement iframe content extraction
- Improve image processing and dimension updates
- Add custom headers support in AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy
- Enhance delayed content retrieval with new parameter
- Optimize HTML sanitization and Markdown conversion
- Update examples in quickstart_async.py for new features
- Add before_retrieve_html hook and delay_before_return_html option
- Implement flexible page_timeout for smart_wait function
- Support extra_args and custom headers in LLM extraction
- Allow arbitrary kwargs in AsyncWebCrawler initialization
- Improve perform_completion_with_backoff for custom API calls
- Update examples with new features and diverse LLM providers
- Implement smart_wait function in AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy
- Add screenshot support to AsyncCrawlResponse and AsyncWebCrawler
- Improve error handling and timeout management in crawling process
- Fix typo in CrawlResult model (responser_headers -> response_headers)
- Update .gitignore to exclude additional files
- Adjust import path in test_basic_crawling.py
A slew of exciting updates to improve the crawler's stability and robustness! 🎉
- 💻 **UTF encoding fix**: Resolved the Windows \"charmap\" error by adding UTF encoding.
- 🛡️ **Error handling**: Implemented MaxRetryError exception handling in LocalSeleniumCrawlerStrategy.
- 🧹 **Input sanitization**: Improved input sanitization and handled encoding issues in LLMExtractionStrategy.
- 🚮 **Database cleanup**: Removed existing database file and initialized a new one.
