scrapalyser

Pre-scraping intelligence tool. Scan any website before writing a single line of scraper.

Install

# Core (curl_cffi engine)
pip install scrapalyser

# With Playwright support
pip install scrapalyser[playwright]
playwright install chromium

Usage

import scrapalyser

# Simple scan — returns a dict
report = scrapalyser.scan("https://example.com")
print(report)

# Full options
report = scrapalyser.scan(
    url="https://example.com",
    output="txt",           # "json" (default) or "txt"
    lang="fr",              # "en" (default), "fr", "es", "br"
    save="report.txt",      # optional — write output to file
    engine="curl",          # "curl" (default) or "playwright"
    headless=True,          # True (default) or False — playwright only
    screenshot="shot.png",  # optional — playwright only
)

Example output

JSON

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "scanned_at": "2026-05-19T12:32:00Z",
  "status_code": 200,
  "engine": "curl",
  "antibot": {
    "detected": true,
    "name": "Cloudflare Turnstile"
  },
  "technology": {
    "type": "React"
  },
  "js_required": true,
  "api": {
    "detected": true,
    "endpoints": [
      "https://api.example.com/v1/search"
    ]
  },
  "robots_txt": {
    "found": true,
    "url": "https://example.com/robots.txt"
  },
  "sitemap": {
    "found": true,
    "url": "https://example.com/sitemap.xml"
  },
  "login_wall": {
    "detected": false,
    "type": null
  }
}

TXT (French)

═══════════════════════════════════════════
        SCRAPALYSER RAPPORT
        https://example.com
        Scanné le : 2026-05-19T12:32:00Z
        Status : 200
═══════════════════════════════════════════

[ANTI-BOT]
  ⚠️  Détecté : Cloudflare Turnstile

[TECHNOLOGIE]
  🖥️  Type : React

[JAVASCRIPT]
  ⚠️  JS requis : Oui → utiliser Playwright/Selenium

[API DÉTECTÉES]
  ✅  https://api.example.com/v1/search

[ROBOTS.TXT]
  ✅  https://example.com/robots.txt

[SITEMAP]
  ✅  https://example.com/sitemap.xml

[LOGIN WALL]
  ✅  Aucun login requis

═══════════════════════════════════════════

Features

• 🛡️ Anti-bot detection — Cloudflare, DataDome, PerimeterX, Akamai, Kasada, Imperva, Sucuri, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha + Unknown/Custom antibot detection
• 🖥️ Technology detection — React, Vue, Angular, Next.js, Nuxt, Svelte, WordPress, Shopify, Drupal, Joomla, Wix, Webflow
• ⚡ JS requirement detection — know before you write whether requests is enough or Playwright is needed
• 🌐 API endpoint discovery — via CSP headers, inline scripts, and XHR/Fetch interception (Playwright mode)
• 🤖 robots.txt parser — URL extraction with common path variants (/robot.txt, /robots.txt)
• 🗺️ Sitemap detection — via robots.txt or direct probe (/sitemap.xml, /sitemaps.xml...)
• 🔐 Login wall detection — form, redirect, button, OAuth
• 📸 Screenshot — capture the page as seen by the browser (Playwright mode)
• 🚫 Blocked by antibot — if the site blocks you, all fields return "blocked by antibot" instantly
• 🌍 Multi-language output — fr, en, es, br
• 📄 JSON & TXT export — machine-readable or human-readable

Engines

Anti-bot detection

When the site blocks you (403, captcha page), scrapalyser reports which antibot is responsible and marks all other fields as "blocked by antibot" — so you know exactly what you're up against before writing anything.

Supported:

Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feat/my-feature)
3. Commit your changes
4. Open a pull request

License

MIT — see LICENSE.