💡🌐 Essential Multipage Website Scraper with Jina.ai
This workflow can automatically scrape content from multi-page websites, supporting the retrieval of all site page links through sitemap.xml. It intelligently filters web pages based on specified themes or keywords, extracting titles and the main content in Markdown format. The results are saved to Google Drive for unified management and archiving. It simplifies the traditional web scraping process, eliminating the need for API keys, making it suitable for various scenarios such as content operations, data analysis, and market research. This enhances information collection efficiency and lowers the technical barrier.
Workflow Name
💡🌐 Essential Multipage Website Scraper with Jina.ai
Key Features and Highlights
This workflow, built on Jina.ai, enables automatic scraping of multipage website content without requiring an API key. It supports retrieving all site page links via the website’s sitemap.xml, intelligently filters pages based on specified topics or keywords, extracts webpage titles and main content in Markdown format, and saves the results to Google Drive for structured archiving and convenient management.
Core Problems Addressed
Traditional web scraping often requires manually specifying single-page URLs or relying on complex crawler configurations, with many API key restrictions. This workflow automatically parses the sitemap to batch scrape multiple pages, and uses keyword filtering to accurately target desired pages, greatly simplifying the process of collecting data from multipage websites. Combined with Jina.ai’s intelligent scraping capabilities, it efficiently obtains webpage content without cumbersome authorization.
Application Scenarios
- Automated aggregation of thematic articles for content platforms
- Competitor website content monitoring and analysis
- Bulk industry news scraping for market researchers
- Organizing product documentation and technical blogs for R&D teams
- Collecting educational resource web content for academic institutions
Main Workflow Steps
- Set the target website’s Sitemap URL to automatically retrieve all page links.
- Convert the sitemap from XML to JSON format for easier data processing.
- Split the URL list and process each URL individually, filtering target pages based on custom conditions (e.g., containing keywords like “agent”, “tool”, or specific homepage links).
- Limit the number of pages to scrape to prevent overload, with a default maximum of 20 entries.
- Invoke Jina.ai’s web scraping API to obtain the page title and Markdown-formatted main content.
- Parse and extract the target content, processing text data via code nodes.
- Save the scraped content to Google Drive for unified storage and management.
- Set wait nodes to control scraping pace, avoiding excessive request rates.
Systems and Services Involved
- Jina.ai: Provides intelligent web content scraping without requiring an API key.
- Google Drive: Stores scraping results for easy file management and sharing.
- n8n Core Nodes: Including HTTP request, XML to JSON conversion, batch processing, filtering, code execution, and wait nodes.
Target Users and Value
- Content operators and editors for fast, bulk website content collection.
- Data analysts and researchers for automated acquisition of structured web data.
- Automation enthusiasts and developers building low-code scraping tools.
- Corporate marketing and competitive analysis teams to enhance information gathering efficiency.
- Educational and training institutions for systematic online resource organization.
This workflow offers a streamlined and efficient automation process that helps users quickly complete multipage website content scraping and management, lowering technical barriers and improving productivity. Please ensure compliance with relevant website policies and legal regulations when performing data scraping.