Your First Scrape Task

Overview

ET59 uses a **two-step scraping** approach:

1. **Step 1 (List Page):** Scrape a list/index page to collect detail URLs
2. **Step 2 (Detail Page):** Extract specific fields from each detail page using CSS selectors

Create a Scrape Task

1. Go to **Dashboard → Scrape Tasks → New Task**
2. Enter a task name (e.g., "Tech Blog Articles")
3. Enter the list page URL (e.g., `https://example.com/blog`)

Step 1: Configure List Page

Define a CSS selector that matches the links on the list page:

• **Link Selector:** `a.article-link` or `.post-title a`
• This tells ET59 which links to follow for detail extraction

Click **Test Scrape** to preview the collected URLs.

Step 2: Configure Detail Page

Define CSS selectors for each field you want to extract:

• **Title:** `h1.article-title`
• **Content:** `.article-body`
• **Author:** `.author-name`
• **Date:** `time.published`

Click **Test Scrape** to preview the extracted data.

Run the Task

Click **Run** to execute the full scrape. Results will appear in the task results page.

Important Notes

• ET59 uses a **fail-fast** approach — no retries on errors
• Only publicly accessible HTML pages can be scraped
• Pagination is supported on Pro plans