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# Session Management
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Session management in Crawl4AI allows you to maintain state across multiple requests and handle complex multi-page crawling tasks, particularly useful for dynamic websites.
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## Basic Session Usage
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Use `session_id` to maintain state between requests:
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```python
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async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
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session_id = "my_session"
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# First request
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result1 = await crawler.arun(
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url="https://example.com/page1",
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session_id=session_id
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)
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# Subsequent request using same session
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result2 = await crawler.arun(
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url="https://example.com/page2",
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session_id=session_id
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)
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# Clean up when done
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await crawler.crawler_strategy.kill_session(session_id)
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```
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## Dynamic Content with Sessions
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Here's a real-world example of crawling GitHub commits across multiple pages:
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```python
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async def crawl_dynamic_content():
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async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=True) as crawler:
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url = "https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/commits/main"
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session_id = "typescript_commits_session"
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all_commits = []
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# Define navigation JavaScript
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js_next_page = """
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const button = document.querySelector('a[data-testid="pagination-next-button"]');
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if (button) button.click();
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"""
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# Define wait condition
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wait_for = """() => {
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const commits = document.querySelectorAll('li.Box-sc-g0xbh4-0 h4');
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if (commits.length === 0) return false;
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const firstCommit = commits[0].textContent.trim();
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return firstCommit !== window.firstCommit;
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}"""
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# Define extraction schema
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schema = {
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"name": "Commit Extractor",
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"baseSelector": "li.Box-sc-g0xbh4-0",
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"fields": [
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{
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"name": "title",
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"selector": "h4.markdown-title",
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"type": "text",
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"transform": "strip",
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},
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],
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}
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extraction_strategy = JsonCssExtractionStrategy(schema)
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# Crawl multiple pages
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for page in range(3):
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result = await crawler.arun(
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url=url,
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session_id=session_id,
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extraction_strategy=extraction_strategy,
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js_code=js_next_page if page > 0 else None,
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wait_for=wait_for if page > 0 else None,
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js_only=page > 0,
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bypass_cache=True
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)
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if result.success:
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commits = json.loads(result.extracted_content)
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all_commits.extend(commits)
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print(f"Page {page + 1}: Found {len(commits)} commits")
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# Clean up session
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await crawler.crawler_strategy.kill_session(session_id)
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return all_commits
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```
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## Session Best Practices
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1. **Session Naming**:
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```python
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# Use descriptive session IDs
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session_id = "login_flow_session"
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session_id = "product_catalog_session"
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```
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2. **Resource Management**:
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```python
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try:
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# Your crawling code
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pass
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finally:
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# Always clean up sessions
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await crawler.crawler_strategy.kill_session(session_id)
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```
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3. **State Management**:
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```python
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# First page: login
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result = await crawler.arun(
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url="https://example.com/login",
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session_id=session_id,
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js_code="document.querySelector('form').submit();"
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)
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# Second page: verify login success
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result = await crawler.arun(
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url="https://example.com/dashboard",
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session_id=session_id,
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wait_for="css:.user-profile" # Wait for authenticated content
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)
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```
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## Common Use Cases
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1. **Authentication Flows**
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2. **Pagination Handling**
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3. **Form Submissions**
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4. **Multi-step Processes**
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5. **Dynamic Content Navigation**
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