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
Moves ProxyConfig from configs/ directory into proxy_strategy.py to improve code organization and reduce fragmentation. Updates all imports and type hints to reflect the new location.
Key changes:
- Moved ProxyConfig class from configs/proxy_config.py to proxy_strategy.py
- Updated type hints in async_configs.py to support ProxyConfig
- Fixed proxy configuration handling in browser_manager.py
- Updated documentation and examples to use new import path
BREAKING CHANGE: ProxyConfig import path has changed from crawl4ai.configs to crawl4ai.proxy_strategy
Add new features to enhance browser automation and HTML extraction:
- Add CDP browser launch capability with customizable ports and profiles
- Implement JsonLxmlExtractionStrategy for faster HTML parsing
- Add CLI command 'crwl cdp' for launching standalone CDP browsers
- Support connecting to external CDP browsers via URL
- Optimize selector caching and context-sensitive queries
BREAKING CHANGE: LLMConfig import path changed from crawl4ai.types to crawl4ai
Rename LlmConfig to LLMConfig across the codebase to follow consistent naming conventions.
Update all imports and usages to use the new name.
Update documentation and examples to reflect the change.
BREAKING CHANGE: LlmConfig has been renamed to LLMConfig. Users need to update their imports and usage.
* fix: Update export of URLPatternFilter
* chore: Add dependancy for cchardet in requirements
* docs: Update example for deep crawl in release note for v0.5
* Docs: update the example for memory dispatcher
* docs: updated example for crawl strategies
* Refactor: Removed wrapping in if __name__==main block since this is a markdown file.
* chore: removed cchardet from dependancy list, since unclecode is planning to remove it
* docs: updated the example for proxy rotation to a working example
* feat: Introduced ProxyConfig param
* Add tutorial for deep crawl & update contributor list for bug fixes in feb alpha-1
* chore: update and test new dependancies
* feat:Make PyPDF2 a conditional dependancy
* updated tutorial and release note for v0.5
* docs: update docs for deep crawl, and fix a typo in docker-deployment markdown filename
* refactor: 1. Deprecate markdown_v2 2. Make markdown backward compatible to behave as a string when needed. 3. Fix LlmConfig usage in cli 4. Deprecate markdown_v2 in cli 5. Update AsyncWebCrawler for changes in CrawlResult
* fix: Bug in serialisation of markdown in acache_url
* Refactor: Added deprecation errors for fit_html and fit_markdown directly on markdown. Now access them via markdown
* fix: remove deprecated markdown_v2 from docker
* Refactor: remove deprecated fit_markdown and fit_html from result
* refactor: fix cache retrieval for markdown as a string
* chore: update all docs, examples and tests with deprecation announcements for markdown_v2, fit_html, fit_markdown
This major release adds deep crawling capabilities, memory-adaptive dispatcher,
multiple crawling strategies, Docker deployment, and a new CLI. It also includes
significant improvements to proxy handling, PDF processing, and LLM integration.
BREAKING CHANGES:
- Add memory-adaptive dispatcher as default for arun_many()
- Move max_depth to CrawlerRunConfig
- Replace ScrapingMode enum with strategy pattern
- Update BrowserContext API
- Make model fields optional with defaults
- Remove content_filter parameter from CrawlerRunConfig
- Remove synchronous WebCrawler and old CLI
- Update Docker deployment configuration
- Replace FastFilterChain with FilterChain
- Change license to Apache 2.0 with attribution clause
