Add examples for deep crawl crash recovery and prefetch mode in documentation

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Deep Crawl Crash Recovery Example
This example demonstrates how to implement crash recovery for long-running
deep crawls. The feature is useful for:
- Cloud deployments with spot/preemptible instances
- Long-running crawls that may be interrupted
- Distributed crawling with state coordination
Key concepts:
- `on_state_change`: Callback fired after each URL is processed
- `resume_state`: Pass saved state to continue from a checkpoint
- `export_state()`: Get the last captured state manually
Works with all strategies: BFSDeepCrawlStrategy, DFSDeepCrawlStrategy,
BestFirstCrawlingStrategy
"""
import asyncio
import json
import os
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Dict, Any, List
from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig
from crawl4ai.deep_crawling import BFSDeepCrawlStrategy
# File to store crawl state (in production, use Redis/database)
STATE_FILE = Path("crawl_state.json")
async def save_state_to_file(state: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
"""
Callback to save state after each URL is processed.
In production, you might save to:
- Redis: await redis.set("crawl_state", json.dumps(state))
- Database: await db.execute("UPDATE crawls SET state = ?", json.dumps(state))
- S3: await s3.put_object(Bucket="crawls", Key="state.json", Body=json.dumps(state))
"""
with open(STATE_FILE, "w") as f:
json.dump(state, f, indent=2)
print(f" [State saved] Pages: {state['pages_crawled']}, Pending: {len(state['pending'])}")
def load_state_from_file() -> Dict[str, Any] | None:
"""Load previously saved state, if it exists."""
if STATE_FILE.exists():
with open(STATE_FILE, "r") as f:
return json.load(f)
return None
async def example_basic_state_persistence():
"""
Example 1: Basic state persistence with file storage.
The on_state_change callback is called after each URL is processed,
allowing you to save progress in real-time.
"""
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("Example 1: Basic State Persistence")
print("=" * 60)
# Clean up any previous state
if STATE_FILE.exists():
STATE_FILE.unlink()
strategy = BFSDeepCrawlStrategy(
max_depth=2,
max_pages=5,
on_state_change=save_state_to_file, # Save after each URL
)
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
deep_crawl_strategy=strategy,
verbose=False,
)
print("\nStarting crawl with state persistence...")
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
results = await crawler.arun("https://books.toscrape.com", config=config)
# Show final state
if STATE_FILE.exists():
with open(STATE_FILE, "r") as f:
final_state = json.load(f)
print(f"\nFinal state saved to {STATE_FILE}:")
print(f" - Strategy: {final_state['strategy_type']}")
print(f" - Pages crawled: {final_state['pages_crawled']}")
print(f" - URLs visited: {len(final_state['visited'])}")
print(f" - URLs pending: {len(final_state['pending'])}")
print(f"\nCrawled {len(results)} pages total")
async def example_crash_and_resume():
"""
Example 2: Simulate a crash and resume from checkpoint.
This demonstrates the full crash recovery workflow:
1. Start crawling with state persistence
2. "Crash" after N pages
3. Resume from saved state
4. Verify no duplicate work
"""
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("Example 2: Crash and Resume")
print("=" * 60)
# Clean up any previous state
if STATE_FILE.exists():
STATE_FILE.unlink()
crash_after = 3
crawled_urls_phase1: List[str] = []
async def save_and_maybe_crash(state: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
"""Save state, then simulate crash after N pages."""
# Always save state first
await save_state_to_file(state)
crawled_urls_phase1.clear()
crawled_urls_phase1.extend(state["visited"])
# Simulate crash after reaching threshold
if state["pages_crawled"] >= crash_after:
raise Exception("Simulated crash! (This is intentional)")
# Phase 1: Start crawl that will "crash"
print(f"\n--- Phase 1: Crawl until 'crash' after {crash_after} pages ---")
strategy1 = BFSDeepCrawlStrategy(
max_depth=2,
max_pages=10,
on_state_change=save_and_maybe_crash,
)
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
deep_crawl_strategy=strategy1,
verbose=False,
)
try:
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
await crawler.arun("https://books.toscrape.com", config=config)
except Exception as e:
print(f"\n Crash occurred: {e}")
print(f" URLs crawled before crash: {len(crawled_urls_phase1)}")
# Phase 2: Resume from checkpoint
print("\n--- Phase 2: Resume from checkpoint ---")
saved_state = load_state_from_file()
if not saved_state:
print(" ERROR: No saved state found!")
return
print(f" Loaded state: {saved_state['pages_crawled']} pages, {len(saved_state['pending'])} pending")
crawled_urls_phase2: List[str] = []
async def track_resumed_crawl(state: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
"""Track new URLs crawled in phase 2."""
await save_state_to_file(state)
new_urls = set(state["visited"]) - set(saved_state["visited"])
for url in new_urls:
if url not in crawled_urls_phase2:
crawled_urls_phase2.append(url)
strategy2 = BFSDeepCrawlStrategy(
max_depth=2,
max_pages=10,
resume_state=saved_state, # Resume from checkpoint!
on_state_change=track_resumed_crawl,
)
config2 = CrawlerRunConfig(
deep_crawl_strategy=strategy2,
verbose=False,
)
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
results = await crawler.arun("https://books.toscrape.com", config=config2)
# Verify no duplicates
already_crawled = set(saved_state["visited"])
duplicates = set(crawled_urls_phase2) & already_crawled
print(f"\n--- Results ---")
print(f" Phase 1 URLs: {len(crawled_urls_phase1)}")
print(f" Phase 2 new URLs: {len(crawled_urls_phase2)}")
print(f" Duplicate crawls: {len(duplicates)} (should be 0)")
print(f" Total results: {len(results)}")
if len(duplicates) == 0:
print("\n SUCCESS: No duplicate work after resume!")
else:
print(f"\n WARNING: Found duplicates: {duplicates}")
async def example_export_state():
"""
Example 3: Manual state export using export_state().
If you don't need real-time persistence, you can export
the state manually after the crawl completes.
"""
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("Example 3: Manual State Export")
print("=" * 60)
strategy = BFSDeepCrawlStrategy(
max_depth=1,
max_pages=3,
# No callback - state is still tracked internally
)
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
deep_crawl_strategy=strategy,
verbose=False,
)
print("\nCrawling without callback...")
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
results = await crawler.arun("https://books.toscrape.com", config=config)
# Export state after crawl completes
# Note: This only works if on_state_change was set during crawl
# For this example, we'd need to set on_state_change to get state
print(f"\nCrawled {len(results)} pages")
print("(For manual export, set on_state_change to capture state)")
async def example_state_structure():
"""
Example 4: Understanding the state structure.
Shows the complete state dictionary that gets saved.
"""
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("Example 4: State Structure")
print("=" * 60)
captured_state = None
async def capture_state(state: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
nonlocal captured_state
captured_state = state
strategy = BFSDeepCrawlStrategy(
max_depth=1,
max_pages=2,
on_state_change=capture_state,
)
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
deep_crawl_strategy=strategy,
verbose=False,
)
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
await crawler.arun("https://books.toscrape.com", config=config)
if captured_state:
print("\nState structure:")
print(json.dumps(captured_state, indent=2, default=str)[:1000] + "...")
print("\n\nKey fields:")
print(f" strategy_type: '{captured_state['strategy_type']}'")
print(f" visited: List of {len(captured_state['visited'])} URLs")
print(f" pending: List of {len(captured_state['pending'])} queued items")
print(f" depths: Dict mapping URL -> depth level")
print(f" pages_crawled: {captured_state['pages_crawled']}")
async def main():
"""Run all examples."""
print("=" * 60)
print("Deep Crawl Crash Recovery Examples")
print("=" * 60)
await example_basic_state_persistence()
await example_crash_and_resume()
await example_state_structure()
# # Cleanup
# if STATE_FILE.exists():
# STATE_FILE.unlink()
# print(f"\n[Cleaned up {STATE_FILE}]")
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Prefetch Mode and Two-Phase Crawling Example
Prefetch mode is a fast path that skips heavy processing and returns
only HTML + links. This is ideal for:
- Site mapping: Quickly discover all URLs
- Selective crawling: Find URLs first, then process only what you need
- Link validation: Check which pages exist without full processing
- Crawl planning: Estimate size before committing resources
Key concept:
- `prefetch=True` in CrawlerRunConfig enables fast link-only extraction
- Skips: markdown generation, content scraping, media extraction, LLM extraction
- Returns: HTML and links dictionary
Performance benefit: ~5-10x faster than full processing
"""
import asyncio
import time
from typing import List, Dict
from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig
async def example_basic_prefetch():
"""
Example 1: Basic prefetch mode.
Shows how prefetch returns HTML and links without heavy processing.
"""
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("Example 1: Basic Prefetch Mode")
print("=" * 60)
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
# Enable prefetch mode
config = CrawlerRunConfig(prefetch=True)
print("\nFetching with prefetch=True...")
result = await crawler.arun("https://books.toscrape.com", config=config)
print(f"\nResult summary:")
print(f" Success: {result.success}")
print(f" HTML length: {len(result.html) if result.html else 0} chars")
print(f" Internal links: {len(result.links.get('internal', []))}")
print(f" External links: {len(result.links.get('external', []))}")
# These should be None/empty in prefetch mode
print(f"\n Skipped processing:")
print(f" Markdown: {result.markdown}")
print(f" Cleaned HTML: {result.cleaned_html}")
print(f" Extracted content: {result.extracted_content}")
# Show some discovered links
internal_links = result.links.get("internal", [])
if internal_links:
print(f"\n Sample internal links:")
for link in internal_links[:5]:
print(f" - {link['href'][:60]}...")
async def example_performance_comparison():
"""
Example 2: Compare prefetch vs full processing performance.
"""
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("Example 2: Performance Comparison")
print("=" * 60)
url = "https://books.toscrape.com"
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
# Warm up - first request is slower due to browser startup
await crawler.arun(url, config=CrawlerRunConfig())
# Prefetch mode timing
start = time.time()
prefetch_result = await crawler.arun(url, config=CrawlerRunConfig(prefetch=True))
prefetch_time = time.time() - start
# Full processing timing
start = time.time()
full_result = await crawler.arun(url, config=CrawlerRunConfig())
full_time = time.time() - start
print(f"\nTiming comparison:")
print(f" Prefetch mode: {prefetch_time:.3f}s")
print(f" Full processing: {full_time:.3f}s")
print(f" Speedup: {full_time / prefetch_time:.1f}x faster")
print(f"\nOutput comparison:")
print(f" Prefetch - Links found: {len(prefetch_result.links.get('internal', []))}")
print(f" Full - Links found: {len(full_result.links.get('internal', []))}")
print(f" Full - Markdown length: {len(full_result.markdown.raw_markdown) if full_result.markdown else 0}")
async def example_two_phase_crawl():
"""
Example 3: Two-phase crawling pattern.
Phase 1: Fast discovery with prefetch
Phase 2: Full processing on selected URLs
"""
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("Example 3: Two-Phase Crawling")
print("=" * 60)
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
# Phase 1: Fast URL discovery
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
print("\n--- Phase 1: Fast Discovery ---")
prefetch_config = CrawlerRunConfig(prefetch=True)
start = time.time()
discovery = await crawler.arun("https://books.toscrape.com", config=prefetch_config)
discovery_time = time.time() - start
all_urls = [link["href"] for link in discovery.links.get("internal", [])]
print(f" Discovered {len(all_urls)} URLs in {discovery_time:.2f}s")
# Filter to URLs we care about (e.g., book detail pages)
# On books.toscrape.com, book pages contain "catalogue/" but not "category/"
book_urls = [
url for url in all_urls
if "catalogue/" in url and "category/" not in url
][:5] # Limit to 5 for demo
print(f" Filtered to {len(book_urls)} book pages")
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
# Phase 2: Full processing on selected URLs
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
print("\n--- Phase 2: Full Processing ---")
full_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
word_count_threshold=10,
remove_overlay_elements=True,
)
results = []
start = time.time()
for url in book_urls:
result = await crawler.arun(url, config=full_config)
if result.success:
results.append(result)
title = result.url.split("/")[-2].replace("-", " ").title()[:40]
md_len = len(result.markdown.raw_markdown) if result.markdown else 0
print(f" Processed: {title}... ({md_len} chars)")
processing_time = time.time() - start
print(f"\n Processed {len(results)} pages in {processing_time:.2f}s")
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
# Summary
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
print(f"\n--- Summary ---")
print(f" Discovery phase: {discovery_time:.2f}s ({len(all_urls)} URLs)")
print(f" Processing phase: {processing_time:.2f}s ({len(results)} pages)")
print(f" Total time: {discovery_time + processing_time:.2f}s")
print(f" URLs skipped: {len(all_urls) - len(book_urls)} (not matching filter)")
async def example_prefetch_with_deep_crawl():
"""
Example 4: Combine prefetch with deep crawl strategy.
Use prefetch mode during deep crawl for maximum speed.
"""
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("Example 4: Prefetch with Deep Crawl")
print("=" * 60)
from crawl4ai.deep_crawling import BFSDeepCrawlStrategy
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
# Deep crawl with prefetch - maximum discovery speed
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
prefetch=True, # Fast mode
deep_crawl_strategy=BFSDeepCrawlStrategy(
max_depth=1,
max_pages=10,
)
)
print("\nDeep crawling with prefetch mode...")
start = time.time()
result_container = await crawler.arun("https://books.toscrape.com", config=config)
# Handle iterator result from deep crawl
if hasattr(result_container, '__iter__'):
results = list(result_container)
else:
results = [result_container]
elapsed = time.time() - start
# Collect all discovered links
all_internal_links = set()
all_external_links = set()
for result in results:
for link in result.links.get("internal", []):
all_internal_links.add(link["href"])
for link in result.links.get("external", []):
all_external_links.add(link["href"])
print(f"\nResults:")
print(f" Pages crawled: {len(results)}")
print(f" Total internal links discovered: {len(all_internal_links)}")
print(f" Total external links discovered: {len(all_external_links)}")
print(f" Time: {elapsed:.2f}s")
async def example_prefetch_with_raw_html():
"""
Example 5: Prefetch with raw HTML input.
You can also use prefetch mode with raw: URLs for cached content.
"""
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("Example 5: Prefetch with Raw HTML")
print("=" * 60)
sample_html = """
<html>
<head><title>Sample Page</title></head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World</h1>
<nav>
<a href="/page1">Internal Page 1</a>
<a href="/page2">Internal Page 2</a>
<a href="https://example.com/external">External Link</a>
</nav>
<main>
<p>This is the main content with <a href="/page3">another link</a>.</p>
</main>
</body>
</html>
"""
async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=False) as crawler:
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
prefetch=True,
base_url="https://mysite.com", # For resolving relative links
)
result = await crawler.arun(f"raw:{sample_html}", config=config)
print(f"\nExtracted from raw HTML:")
print(f" Internal links: {len(result.links.get('internal', []))}")
for link in result.links.get("internal", []):
print(f" - {link['href']} ({link['text']})")
print(f"\n External links: {len(result.links.get('external', []))}")
for link in result.links.get("external", []):
print(f" - {link['href']} ({link['text']})")
async def main():
"""Run all examples."""
print("=" * 60)
print("Prefetch Mode and Two-Phase Crawling Examples")
print("=" * 60)
await example_basic_prefetch()
await example_performance_comparison()
await example_two_phase_crawl()
await example_prefetch_with_deep_crawl()
await example_prefetch_with_raw_html()
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())