Add new features to enhance browser automation and HTML extraction:
- Add CDP browser launch capability with customizable ports and profiles
- Implement JsonLxmlExtractionStrategy for faster HTML parsing
- Add CLI command 'crwl cdp' for launching standalone CDP browsers
- Support connecting to external CDP browsers via URL
- Optimize selector caching and context-sensitive queries
BREAKING CHANGE: LLMConfig import path changed from crawl4ai.types to crawl4ai
Rename LlmConfig to LLMConfig across the codebase to follow consistent naming conventions.
Update all imports and usages to use the new name.
Update documentation and examples to reflect the change.
BREAKING CHANGE: LlmConfig has been renamed to LLMConfig. Users need to update their imports and usage.
Replace float('inf') and float('-inf') with math.inf and -math.inf from the math module for better readability and performance. Also clean up imports and remove unused speed comparison code.
No breaking changes.
* fix: Update export of URLPatternFilter
* chore: Add dependancy for cchardet in requirements
* docs: Update example for deep crawl in release note for v0.5
* Docs: update the example for memory dispatcher
* docs: updated example for crawl strategies
* Refactor: Removed wrapping in if __name__==main block since this is a markdown file.
* chore: removed cchardet from dependancy list, since unclecode is planning to remove it
* docs: updated the example for proxy rotation to a working example
* feat: Introduced ProxyConfig param
* Add tutorial for deep crawl & update contributor list for bug fixes in feb alpha-1
* chore: update and test new dependancies
* feat:Make PyPDF2 a conditional dependancy
* updated tutorial and release note for v0.5
* docs: update docs for deep crawl, and fix a typo in docker-deployment markdown filename
* refactor: 1. Deprecate markdown_v2 2. Make markdown backward compatible to behave as a string when needed. 3. Fix LlmConfig usage in cli 4. Deprecate markdown_v2 in cli 5. Update AsyncWebCrawler for changes in CrawlResult
* fix: Bug in serialisation of markdown in acache_url
* Refactor: Added deprecation errors for fit_html and fit_markdown directly on markdown. Now access them via markdown
* fix: remove deprecated markdown_v2 from docker
* Refactor: remove deprecated fit_markdown and fit_html from result
* refactor: fix cache retrieval for markdown as a string
* chore: update all docs, examples and tests with deprecation announcements for markdown_v2, fit_html, fit_markdown
* feature: Add LlmConfig to easily configure and pass LLM configs to different strategies
* pulled in next branch and resolved conflicts
* feat: Add gemini and deepseek providers. Make ignore_cache in llm content filter to true by default to avoid confusions
* Refactor: Update LlmConfig in LLMExtractionStrategy class and deprecate old params
* updated tests, docs and readme
Add shared_data parameter to CrawlerRunConfig to allow data sharing between hooks.
Implement browser context reuse based on config signatures to improve memory usage.
Fix Firefox/Webkit channel settings.
Add config parameter to hook callbacks for better context access.
Remove debug print statements.
BREAKING CHANGE: Hook callback signatures now include config parameter
- Added examples for Amazon product data extraction methods
- Updated configuration options and enhance documentation
- Minor refactoring for improved performance and readability
- Cleaned up version control settings.
- Introduced new configuration classes: BrowserConfig and CrawlerRunConfig.
- Refactored AsyncWebCrawler to leverage the new configuration system for cleaner parameter management.
- Updated AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy for better flexibility and reduced legacy parameters.
- Improved error handling with detailed context extraction during exceptions.
- Enhanced overall maintainability and usability of the web crawler.