Helium Scraper

Instructions on how to integrate Luminati into Helium Scraper have been published here.

Since the launch of Helium Scraper 3, a bunch of new features have been added. Now I'd like to take some time to share some of the ones that may have slipped under the radar: Features Credentials : They can be added and removed under the File menu, and then used in place of literal strings using the...

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The code above (in my response to the previous question) will keep solving the captcha until it's gone, so it should also work in this case, as long as the site shows the catpcha again when resolution fails. Is that how it works on the site you're scraping from?

You probably have a variable that doesn't exist in the other project. All globals, selectors, gatherers, etc. must exist in the other project. Otherwise the code is considered invalid since it uses variables that don't exist. The error message should include the name of the missing variables. It's p...

1. First, make sure to use the Query prefix instead of the Data one when querying your database: Query.Main2 as (column1 column2 column3) […] If you're using the Fill Form wizard, Helium will do this for you. Otherwise, if you already have the tables, just right click the table set and select Creat...

You can copy a full global by right clicking it and selecting Copy , and then either paste it into a placeholder by right clicking it and selecting Edit -> Paste , or paste it as a new global by right clicking the Globals and selecting Paste . You can also copy a piece of code by highlighting it (ma...

Helium uses prefix notation for operators:

You could do something like this: extract one Select.Something two Select.Something as (one two) extract three Select.Something four Select.Something as (three four) extract one one two two three three four four If you right click an extract action and select Output Result it'll output it as variabl...

I just tested this and it worked. Just download the URL behind the link: Select.MotionForMediation Gather.Link as url extract pdf Browser.Download · url Make sure the MotionForMediation selector selects the actual link. Also, I tested this by manually following your steps except number 4 and then ru...

Is the URL on the address bar the PDF address? If so, you can get it with Gather.URL without having to select anything. Or you should be able to select the button like: SelectBy.Css · "button#download" And then you can click it with a Browser.Click action, although I'm not sure if that will work. Th...