Moved ProxyConfig class from proxy_strategy.py to async_configs.py for better organization.
Improved LLM token handling with new PROVIDER_MODELS_PREFIXES.
Added test cases for deep crawling and proxy rotation.
Removed docker_config from BrowserConfig as it's handled separately.
BREAKING CHANGE: ProxyConfig import path changed from crawl4ai.proxy_strategy to crawl4ai
Adds new features to improve user experience and configuration:
- Quick JSON extraction with -j flag for direct LLM-based structured data extraction
- Global configuration management with 'crwl config' commands
- Enhanced LLM extraction with better JSON handling and error management
- New user settings for default behaviors (LLM provider, browser settings, etc.)
Breaking changes: None
Add new preprocess_html_for_schema utility function to better handle HTML cleaning
for schema generation. This replaces the previous optimize_html function in the
GoogleSearchCrawler and includes smarter attribute handling and pattern detection.
Other changes:
- Update default provider to gpt-4o
- Add DEFAULT_PROVIDER_API_KEY constant
- Make LLMConfig creation more flexible with create_llm_config helper
- Add new dependencies: zstandard and msgpack
This change improves schema generation reliability while reducing noise in the
processed HTML.
* feature: Add LlmConfig to easily configure and pass LLM configs to different strategies
* pulled in next branch and resolved conflicts
* feat: Add gemini and deepseek providers. Make ignore_cache in llm content filter to true by default to avoid confusions
* Refactor: Update LlmConfig in LLMExtractionStrategy class and deprecate old params
* updated tests, docs and readme
Implements a full-featured CLI for Crawl4AI with the following capabilities:
- Basic and advanced web crawling
- Configuration management via YAML/JSON files
- Multiple extraction strategies (CSS, XPath, LLM)
- Content filtering and optimization
- Interactive Q&A capabilities
- Various output formats
- Comprehensive documentation and examples
Also includes:
- Home directory setup for configuration and cache
- Environment variable support for API tokens
- Test suite for CLI functionality
- Added detailed CrawlerRunConfig parameters documentation.
- Introduced plans for real-time event-driven crawling.
- Updated async logger default level to DEBUG for better insights.
- Improved structure and readability in configuration file.
- Enhanced documentation on future capabilities in new blog entries.
- Introduced new configuration classes: BrowserConfig and CrawlerRunConfig.
- Refactored AsyncWebCrawler to leverage the new configuration system for cleaner parameter management.
- Updated AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy for better flexibility and reduced legacy parameters.
- Improved error handling with detailed context extraction during exceptions.
- Enhanced overall maintainability and usability of the web crawler.
- Added support for exporting pages as PDFs
- Enhanced screenshot functionality for long pages
- Created a tutorial on dynamic content loading with 'Load More' buttons.
- Updated web crawler to handle PDF data in responses.
chore(requirements): add colorama dependency
refactor(config): add SHOW_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS flag and clean up code
fix(docs): update example scripts for clarity and consistency
- Introduced AsyncDatabaseManager for async DB management.
- Added migration feature to transition to file-based storage.
- Enhanced web crawler with improved caching logic.
- Updated requirements and setup for async processing.
- Removed __del__ method in AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy to ensure reliable browser lifecycle management by using explicit context managers.
- Added process monitoring in ManagedBrowser to detect and log unexpected terminations of the browser subprocess.
- Updated Docker configuration to expose port 9222 for remote debugging and allocate extra shared memory to prevent browser crashes.
- Improved error handling and resource cleanup for browser instances, particularly in Docker environments.
Resolves Issue #256
• Add smart overlay removal system for handling popups and modals
• Improve screenshot functionality with configurable timing controls
• Implement URL normalization and enhanced link processing
• Add custom base directory support for cache storage
• Refine external content filtering and social media domain handling
This commit significantly improves the crawler's ability to handle modern
websites by automatically removing intrusive overlays and providing better
screenshot capabilities. URL handling is now more robust with proper
normalization and duplicate detection. The cache system is more flexible
with customizable base directory support.
Breaking changes: None
Issue numbers: None
