🧶 Tinking

Extract data from any website without code, just clicks

A Chrome extension that allows you to create a scraping recipe by directly selecting a page's elements with your mouse.

Watch a video demo

This tool is under active development. The code could use some cleanup, and there may be bugs. PRs are very welcome!

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Getting Started

Tinking is not yet available on the Chrome Web Store. Follow these steps to run the extension locally:

1. Clone the repository

HTTPS:

git clone https://github.com/baptisteArno/tinking.git

SSH:

git clone [email protected]:baptisteArno/tinking.git

2. Install dependencies, lint code, and build the extension

Using yarn:

yarn && yarn build

Or using npm:

npm i && npm run build

3. Install the extension in Google Chrome (or any Chromium browser)

Navigate to the following URL in Chrome:

chrome://extensions/

Make sure Developer Mode is turned on, and click the Load unpacked button. Select the build folder of the project.

You should now see Tinking listed among any other extensions that you have installed, and you can begin using it to scrape websites.

👉 How to use the generated code?

To-Do

• [x] Basic scraping
• [x] Infinite scroll
• [x] Pagination
• [x] Documentation on how to use the generated code
• [x] Multiple export options (playwright, others?)
• [x] Regex to filter data from scraped text
• [x] Drag-and-drop steps
• [ ] [DOC] Write examples of several popular sites
• [ ] Unit tests
• [ ] Cool logo
• [ ] Ship extension to Chrome Web store (Waiting for Google review)

Couldn't scrape a particular website?

While Tinking aims to be a universal tool, it's still a work in progress, and you may run into issues scraping certain websites.

Please submit an issue, and we'll look into a potential fix.