Web scraping and extraction

Headless browser

A real web browser run without a visible window and controlled by code to load pages, execute JavaScript and interact like a user.

In practice

Needed for JavaScript-rendered sites. It is heavier and slower than plain HTTP, so good pipelines use it only where it is required.

at import.io

Import.io extractors are built by point-and-click, AI assistance or engineers, with rendering, pagination and schema detection built in.