7/25/2023 0 Comments Octoparse 8![]() ![]() With the OP 7 version, you have to go back and forth between the browser and control panel to view the data, whereas, with OP 8, there is a data preview section that gives you a broader view of all the data columns before executing the task. Users can trigger pagination simply by checking one button on the Tips Panel, and it will work on its own by getting the details page to you.Ĥ. A broader and clearer view of the sample data With OP 8, this process is greatly simplified. In OP 7, if you need to capture the nested web page data, you need to create pagination to click through each listing and then scrape detail page content. “Nested web page” means the detail page that follows certain links on the list page. Trigger Nested Web Pages Extraction in one click Octoparse 8 auto-detects multiple layers of web data, which takes hands-free data extraction to another level. If the default detection results don’t suit the users’ needs, they can switch the results to capture other layers of data. Switch detection results to find the best fit For users who are exhausted with writing XPath in OP 7, this brings huge convenience as there’s no need to build the crawlers from scratch. Once you enter a webpage URL in OP 8, you will notice Octoparse detects the website and guesses data fields automatically. Auto-detect data fieldsĪnother essential feature that we upgraded is automation. ![]() You’ll notice the websites that failed to load with OP 7 can now be loaded with OP 8.1 right away. We switched the browser engine from Firefox 7.0 to Google Chrome 8.0. The great news is that besides the Windows systems, OP 8.1 is available for Mac OS as well! Mac users have developed a strong voice in demand on the Mac version. All common UI interactions with OP 8.1 such as app launch, task configuration and data export can be completed within 0.5s on average. OP 8.1 solved tech issues in OP 7 like stuttering, flashback, and software crash. ![]() We also strive hard to provide a stable and smooth scraping experience. But now in OP 8, it only takes 2 mins to get the same amount of data from the same web pages! It took 21mins 41 seconds to extract 100 records of data in OP 7. In version 8.1, local run speed has improved significantly, which is 10 times faster than in the previous version. We all know how valuable time is, and scraping speed is a core feature to deliver a high-quality extraction experience. To help you get a better understanding of what the differences between OP 8 and 7 are, I have concluded all the updates in this article. Our brand new version – OP 8 just came out a few weeks ago. What we expect to have in the next release:.4. A broader and clearer view of the sample data. ![]()
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