Monitoro API Client

This is a Python client for the Monitoro API, which allows you to extract data from websites using Monitoro's scraping capabilities and powered by your own browser - no need to worry about renting servers, proxies, or solving captchas.

Installation

You can install the Monitoro API client using pip:

pip install monitoro

Usage

Here are some examples of how to use the Monitoro API client:

Basic Usage

from monitoro import Monitoro, MonitoroAPIError

# Initialize the client with your API token
client = Monitoro("your_api_token_here")

try:
    # Extract data from a single URL using a specific monitor
    for url, result in client.extract(monitor="monitor_id", url="https://example.com"):
        print(f"Extracted data from {url}:")
        print(result)


    # Extract data from multiple URLs using a specific monitor
    urls = ["https://example.com", "https://example.org", "https://example.net"]
    for url, result in client.extract(monitor="monitor_id", urls=urls):
        print(f"Extracted data from {url}:")
        print(result)


    # Extract data using a template
    for url, result in client.extract(template="template_id", urls=["https://example.com"]):
        print(f"Extracted data from {url} using template:")
        print(result)

    # Extract data using selectors
    for url, result in client.extract(selectors={"title": "h1"}, urls=["https://example.com"]):
        print(f"Extracted data from {url} using selectors:")
        print(result)

except MonitoroAPIError as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

Using MonitoroSwarm for Distributed Extraction

from monitoro import MonitoroSwarm, MonitoroAPIError

# Initialize the swarm client with multiple API tokens
swarm = MonitoroSwarm(["token1", "token2", "token3"])

try:
    urls = ["https://example.com", "https://example.org", "https://example.net"]

    for url, result in swarm.extract(template="template_id", urls=urls):
        print(f"Extracted data from {url}:")
        print(result)
    
    for url, result in swarm.extract(selectors={"title": "h1"}, urls=urls):
        print(f"Extracted data from {url}:")
        print(result)
        
except MonitoroAPIError as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

API Reference

Monitoro(token)

Creates a new Monitoro API client instance.

• token (str): Your Monitoro API token.

Monitoro.extract(monitor_id=None, template_id=None, selectors=None, url=None, urls=None, no_ingest=False)

Extracts data from URLs using a specific monitor's settings or a template.

• Only one of these parameters should be provided at a time.

  • monitor_id (str, optional): The ID of the monitor to use for extraction.
  • template_id (str, optional): The ID of the template to use for extraction.
  • selectors (dict, optional): The selectors to use for extraction.

• url (str, optional): The URL to extract data from.

• urls (list, optional): The list of URLs to extract data from.

• no_ingest (bool, optional): If True, skip running automations. Defaults to False. Only valid with monitor_id.

Returns a generator that yields (url, data) tuples for successful extractions, followed by a list of (url, error) tuples for failed extractions.

MonitoroSwarm(tokens)

Creates a new Monitoro Swarm client instance for distributed extraction.

• tokens (list): A list of Monitoro API tokens.

The MonitoroSwarm class has the same extract method as the Monitoro class, but it distributes the workload across multiple API tokens. Calling extract with monitor_id is not supported in swarm mode, and no_ingest is always set to false in this mode.

Error Handling

The client raises specific exceptions for different error scenarios:

• BadRequestError: For 400 Bad Request errors (e.g., missing URL or malformed request)
• MonitorNotFoundError: For 404 Monitor Not Found errors
• ServerError: For 500 Server Error during data extraction
• MonitoroAPIError: Base exception for all other API errors

You can catch these exceptions to handle errors in your code.

License

This client is licensed under the MIT License.