# 1. **BrowserConfig** – Controlling the Browser

`BrowserConfig` focuses on **how** the browser is launched and behaves. This includes headless mode, proxies, user agents, and other environment tweaks.

```python
from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig

browser_cfg = BrowserConfig(
    browser_type="chromium",
    headless=True,
    viewport_width=1280,
    viewport_height=720,
    proxy="http://user:pass@proxy:8080",
    user_agent="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 Chrome/116.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
)
```

## 1.1 Parameter Highlights

| **Parameter**         | **Type / Default**                     | **What It Does**                                                                                                                     |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`browser_type`**    | `"chromium"`, `"firefox"`, `"webkit"`<br/>*(default: `"chromium"`)* | Which browser engine to use. `"chromium"` is typical for many sites, `"firefox"` or `"webkit"` for specialized tests.                 |
| **`headless`**        | `bool` (default: `True`)               | Headless means no visible UI. `False` is handy for debugging.                                                                         |
| **`browser_mode`**    | `str` (default: `"dedicated"`)         | How browser is initialized: `"dedicated"` (new instance), `"builtin"` (CDP background), `"custom"` (explicit CDP), `"docker"` (container). |
| **`use_managed_browser`** | `bool` (default: `False`)          | Launch browser via CDP for advanced control. Set automatically based on `browser_mode`.                  |
| **`cdp_url`**         | `str` (default: `None`)                | Chrome DevTools Protocol endpoint URL (e.g., `"ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/"`). Set automatically based on `browser_mode`.   |
| **`debugging_port`**  | `int` (default: `9222`)                | Port for browser debugging protocol.                                                                                                   |
| **`host`**            | `str` (default: `"localhost"`)         | Host for browser connection.                                                                                                           |
| **`viewport_width`**  | `int` (default: `1080`)                | Initial page width (in px). Useful for testing responsive layouts.                                                                    |
| **`viewport_height`** | `int` (default: `600`)                 | Initial page height (in px).                                                                                                          |
| **`viewport`**        | `dict` (default: `None`)               | Viewport dimensions dict. If set, overrides `viewport_width` and `viewport_height`.                                                   |
| **`proxy`**           | `str` (deprecated)                      | Deprecated. Use `proxy_config` instead. If set, it will be auto-converted internally. |
| **`proxy_config`**    | `ProxyConfig or dict` (default: `None`)| For advanced or multi-proxy needs, specify `ProxyConfig` object or dict like `{"server": "...", "username": "...", "password": "..."}`.  |
| **`use_persistent_context`** | `bool` (default: `False`)       | If `True`, uses a **persistent** browser context (keep cookies, sessions across runs). Also sets `use_managed_browser=True`.          |
| **`user_data_dir`**   | `str or None` (default: `None`)        | Directory to store user data (profiles, cookies). Must be set if you want permanent sessions.                                         |
| **`chrome_channel`**  | `str` (default: `"chromium"`)          | Chrome channel to launch (e.g., "chrome", "msedge"). Only for `browser_type="chromium"`. Auto-set to empty for Firefox/WebKit.       |
| **`channel`**         | `str` (default: `"chromium"`)          | Alias for `chrome_channel`.                                                                                                           |
| **`accept_downloads`** | `bool` (default: `False`)             | Whether to allow file downloads. Requires `downloads_path` if `True`.                                                                 |
| **`downloads_path`**  | `str or None` (default: `None`)        | Directory to store downloaded files.                                                                                                  |
| **`storage_state`**   | `str or dict or None` (default: `None`)| In-memory storage state (cookies, localStorage) to restore browser state.                                                             |
| **`ignore_https_errors`** | `bool` (default: `True`)           | If `True`, continues despite invalid certificates (common in dev/staging).                                                            |
| **`java_script_enabled`** | `bool` (default: `True`)           | Disable if you want no JS overhead, or if only static content is needed.                                                              |
| **`sleep_on_close`**  | `bool` (default: `False`)              | Add a small delay when closing browser (can help with cleanup issues).                                                                |
| **`cookies`**         | `list` (default: `[]`)                 | Pre-set cookies, each a dict like `{"name": "session", "value": "...", "url": "..."}`.                                                |
| **`headers`**         | `dict` (default: `{}`)                 | Extra HTTP headers for every request, e.g. `{"Accept-Language": "en-US"}`.                                                            |
| **`user_agent`**      | `str` (default: Chrome-based UA)       | Your custom user agent string.                                                                                                        |
| **`user_agent_mode`** | `str` (default: `""`)                  | Set to `"random"` to randomize user agent from a pool (helps with bot detection).                                                     |
| **`user_agent_generator_config`** | `dict` (default: `{}`)     | Configuration dict for user agent generation when `user_agent_mode="random"`.                                                         |
| **`text_mode`**       | `bool` (default: `False`)              | If `True`, tries to disable images/other heavy content for speed.                                                                     |
| **`light_mode`**      | `bool` (default: `False`)              | Disables some background features for performance gains.                                                                              |
| **`extra_args`**      | `list` (default: `[]`)                 | Additional flags for the underlying browser process, e.g. `["--disable-extensions"]`.                                                |
| **`enable_stealth`**  | `bool` (default: `False`)              | Enable playwright-stealth mode to bypass bot detection. Cannot be used with `browser_mode="builtin"`.                                |

**Tips**:
- Set `headless=False` to visually **debug** how pages load or how interactions proceed.  
- If you need **authentication** storage or repeated sessions, consider `use_persistent_context=True` and specify `user_data_dir`.  
- For large pages, you might need a bigger `viewport_width` and `viewport_height` to handle dynamic content.

---

# 2. **CrawlerRunConfig** – Controlling Each Crawl

While `BrowserConfig` sets up the **environment**, `CrawlerRunConfig` details **how** each **crawl operation** should behave: caching, content filtering, link or domain blocking, timeouts, JavaScript code, etc.

```python
from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig

run_cfg = CrawlerRunConfig(
    wait_for="css:.main-content",
    word_count_threshold=15,
    excluded_tags=["nav", "footer"],
    exclude_external_links=True,
    stream=True,  # Enable streaming for arun_many()
)
```

## 2.1 Parameter Highlights

We group them by category. 

### A) **Content Processing**

| **Parameter**                | **Type / Default**                   | **What It Does**                                                                                |
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`word_count_threshold`**   | `int` (default: ~200)                | Skips text blocks below X words. Helps ignore trivial sections.                                 |
| **`extraction_strategy`**    | `ExtractionStrategy` (default: None) | If set, extracts structured data (CSS-based, LLM-based, etc.).                                  |
| **`chunking_strategy`**      | `ChunkingStrategy` (default: RegexChunking()) | Strategy to chunk content before extraction. Can be customized for different chunking approaches. |
| **`markdown_generator`**     | `MarkdownGenerationStrategy` (None)  | If you want specialized markdown output (citations, filtering, chunking, etc.). Can be customized with options such as `content_source` parameter to select the HTML input source ('cleaned_html', 'raw_html', or 'fit_html').                 |
| **`css_selector`**           | `str` (None)                         | Retains only the part of the page matching this selector. Affects the entire extraction process. |
| **`target_elements`**        | `List[str]` (None)                   | List of CSS selectors for elements to focus on for markdown generation and data extraction, while still processing the entire page for links, media, etc. Provides more flexibility than `css_selector`. |
| **`excluded_tags`**          | `list` (None)                        | Removes entire tags (e.g. `["script", "style"]`).                                               |
| **`excluded_selector`**      | `str` (None)                         | Like `css_selector` but to exclude. E.g. `"#ads, .tracker"`.                                    |
| **`only_text`**              | `bool` (False)                       | If `True`, tries to extract text-only content.                                                  |
| **`prettiify`**              | `bool` (False)                       | If `True`, beautifies final HTML (slower, purely cosmetic).                                      |
| **`keep_data_attributes`**   | `bool` (False)                       | If `True`, preserve `data-*` attributes in cleaned HTML.                                         |
| **`keep_attrs`**             | `list` (default: [])                 | List of HTML attributes to keep during processing (e.g., `["id", "class", "data-value"]`).      |
| **`remove_forms`**           | `bool` (False)                       | If `True`, remove all `<form>` elements.                                                        |
| **`parser_type`**            | `str` (default: "lxml")              | HTML parser to use (e.g., "lxml", "html.parser").                                               |
| **`scraping_strategy`**      | `ContentScrapingStrategy` (default: LXMLWebScrapingStrategy()) | Strategy to use for content scraping. Can be customized for different scraping needs (e.g., PDF extraction). |

---

### B) **Browser Location and Identity**

| **Parameter**          | **Type / Default**        | **What It Does**                                                                                       |
|------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`locale`**           | `str or None` (None)      | Browser's locale (e.g., "en-US", "fr-FR") for language preferences.                                   |
| **`timezone_id`**      | `str or None` (None)      | Browser's timezone (e.g., "America/New_York", "Europe/Paris").                                         |
| **`geolocation`**      | `GeolocationConfig or None` (None) | GPS coordinates configuration. Use `GeolocationConfig(latitude=..., longitude=..., accuracy=...)`. |
| **`fetch_ssl_certificate`** | `bool` (False)       | If `True`, fetches and includes SSL certificate information in the result.                             |
| **`proxy_config`**           | `ProxyConfig or dict or None` (None) | Proxy configuration for this specific crawl. Can override browser-level proxy settings.          |
| **`proxy_rotation_strategy`** | `ProxyRotationStrategy` (None)      | Strategy for rotating proxies during crawl operations.                                           |

---

### C) **Caching & Session**

| **Parameter**           | **Type / Default**     | **What It Does**                                                                                                              |
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`cache_mode`**        | `CacheMode or None`    | Controls how caching is handled (`ENABLED`, `BYPASS`, `DISABLED`, etc.). If `None`, typically defaults to `ENABLED`.          |
| **`session_id`**        | `str or None`          | Assign a unique ID to reuse a single browser session across multiple `arun()` calls.                                          |
| **`bypass_cache`**      | `bool` (False)         | **Deprecated.** If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.BYPASS`. Use `cache_mode` instead.                                           |
| **`disable_cache`**     | `bool` (False)         | **Deprecated.** If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.DISABLED`. Use `cache_mode` instead.                                         |
| **`no_cache_read`**     | `bool` (False)         | **Deprecated.** If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.WRITE_ONLY` (writes cache but never reads). Use `cache_mode` instead.        |
| **`no_cache_write`**    | `bool` (False)         | **Deprecated.** If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.READ_ONLY` (reads cache but never writes). Use `cache_mode` instead.         |
| **`shared_data`**       | `dict or None` (None)  | Shared data to be passed between hooks and accessible across crawl operations.                                                |

Use these for controlling whether you read or write from a local content cache. Handy for large batch crawls or repeated site visits.

---

### D) **Page Navigation & Timing**

| **Parameter**              | **Type / Default**      | **What It Does**                                                                                                    |
|----------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`wait_until`**           | `str` (domcontentloaded)| Condition for navigation to "complete". Often `"networkidle"` or `"domcontentloaded"`.                               |
| **`page_timeout`**         | `int` (60000 ms)        | Timeout for page navigation or JS steps. Increase for slow sites.                                                    |
| **`wait_for`**             | `str or None`           | Wait for a CSS (`"css:selector"`) or JS (`"js:() => bool"`) condition before content extraction.                     |
| **`wait_for_timeout`**     | `int or None` (None)    | Specific timeout in ms for the `wait_for` condition. If None, uses `page_timeout`.                                   |
| **`wait_for_images`**      | `bool` (False)          | Wait for images to load before finishing. Slows down if you only want text.                                          |
| **`delay_before_return_html`** | `float` (0.1)       | Additional pause (seconds) before final HTML is captured. Good for last-second updates.                               |
| **`check_robots_txt`**     | `bool` (False)          | Whether to check and respect robots.txt rules before crawling. If True, caches robots.txt for efficiency.            |
| **`mean_delay`** and **`max_range`** | `float` (0.1, 0.3) | If you call `arun_many()`, these define random delay intervals between crawls, helping avoid detection or rate limits. |
| **`semaphore_count`**      | `int` (5)               | Max concurrency for `arun_many()`. Increase if you have resources for parallel crawls.                                |

---

### E) **Page Interaction**

| **Parameter**              | **Type / Default**            | **What It Does**                                                                                                                       |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`js_code`**              | `str or list[str]` (None)      | JavaScript to run after load. E.g. `"document.querySelector('button')?.click();"`.                                                     |
| **`c4a_script`**           | `str or list[str]` (None)      | C4A script that compiles to JavaScript. Alternative to writing raw JS.                                                                 |
| **`js_only`**              | `bool` (False)                 | If `True`, indicates we're reusing an existing session and only applying JS. No full reload.                                           |
| **`ignore_body_visibility`** | `bool` (True)                | Skip checking if `<body>` is visible. Usually best to keep `True`.                                                                     |
| **`scan_full_page`**       | `bool` (False)                 | If `True`, auto-scroll the page to load dynamic content (infinite scroll).                                                              |
| **`scroll_delay`**         | `float` (0.2)                  | Delay between scroll steps if `scan_full_page=True`.                                                                                   |
| **`max_scroll_steps`**     | `int or None` (None)           | Maximum number of scroll steps during full page scan. If None, scrolls until entire page is loaded.                                     |
| **`process_iframes`**      | `bool` (False)                 | Inlines iframe content for single-page extraction.                                                                                     |
| **`remove_overlay_elements`** | `bool` (False)              | Removes potential modals/popups blocking the main content.                                                                              |
| **`simulate_user`**        | `bool` (False)                 | Simulate user interactions (mouse movements) to avoid bot detection.                                                                    |
| **`override_navigator`**   | `bool` (False)                 | Override `navigator` properties in JS for stealth.                                                                                      |
| **`magic`**                | `bool` (False)                 | Automatic handling of popups/consent banners. Experimental.                                                                             |
| **`adjust_viewport_to_content`** | `bool` (False)           | Resizes viewport to match page content height.                                                                                          |

If your page is a single-page app with repeated JS updates, set `js_only=True` in subsequent calls, plus a `session_id` for reusing the same tab.

---

### F) **Media Handling**

| **Parameter**                              | **Type / Default**  | **What It Does**                                                                                         |
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`screenshot`**                           | `bool` (False)      | Capture a screenshot (base64) in `result.screenshot`.                                                     |
| **`screenshot_wait_for`**                  | `float or None`     | Extra wait time before the screenshot.                                                                    |
| **`screenshot_height_threshold`**          | `int` (~20000)      | If the page is taller than this, alternate screenshot strategies are used.                                |
| **`pdf`**                                  | `bool` (False)      | If `True`, returns a PDF in `result.pdf`.                                                                 |
| **`capture_mhtml`**                        | `bool` (False)      | If `True`, captures an MHTML snapshot of the page in `result.mhtml`. MHTML includes all page resources (CSS, images, etc.) in a single file. |
| **`image_description_min_word_threshold`** | `int` (~50)         | Minimum words for an image's alt text or description to be considered valid.                              |
| **`image_score_threshold`**                | `int` (~3)          | Filter out low-scoring images. The crawler scores images by relevance (size, context, etc.).              |
| **`exclude_external_images`**              | `bool` (False)      | Exclude images from other domains.                                                                        |
| **`exclude_all_images`**                   | `bool` (False)      | If `True`, excludes all images from processing (both internal and external).                              |
| **`table_score_threshold`**                | `int` (7)           | Minimum score threshold for processing a table. Lower values include more tables.                         |
| **`table_extraction`**                     | `TableExtractionStrategy` (DefaultTableExtraction) | Strategy for table extraction. Defaults to DefaultTableExtraction with configured threshold. |

---

### G) **Link/Domain Handling**

| **Parameter**                | **Type / Default**      | **What It Does**                                                                                                             |
|------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`exclude_social_media_domains`** | `list` (e.g. Facebook/Twitter) | A default list can be extended. Any link to these domains is removed from final output.                                      |
| **`exclude_external_links`** | `bool` (False)          | Removes all links pointing outside the current domain.                                                                      |
| **`exclude_social_media_links`** | `bool` (False)      | Strips links specifically to social sites (like Facebook or Twitter).                                                      |
| **`exclude_domains`**        | `list` ([])             | Provide a custom list of domains to exclude (like `["ads.com", "trackers.io"]`).                                            |
| **`exclude_internal_links`** | `bool` (False)          | If `True`, excludes internal links from the results.                                                                        |
| **`score_links`**            | `bool` (False)          | If `True`, calculates intrinsic quality scores for all links using URL structure, text quality, and contextual metrics.     |
| **`preserve_https_for_internal_links`** | `bool` (False) | If `True`, preserves HTTPS scheme for internal links even when the server redirects to HTTP. Useful for security-conscious crawling. |

Use these for link-level content filtering (often to keep crawls “internal” or to remove spammy domains).

---

### H) **Debug, Logging & Network Monitoring**

| **Parameter**  | **Type / Default** | **What It Does**                                                         |
|----------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`verbose`**  | `bool` (True)     | Prints logs detailing each step of crawling, interactions, or errors.    |
| **`log_console`** | `bool` (False) | Logs the page's JavaScript console output if you want deeper JS debugging.|
| **`capture_network_requests`** | `bool` (False) | If `True`, captures network requests made by the page in `result.captured_requests`. |
| **`capture_console_messages`** | `bool` (False) | If `True`, captures console messages from the page in `result.console_messages`. |

---

### I) **Connection & HTTP Parameters**

| **Parameter**               | **Type / Default**      | **What It Does**                                                                                                    |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`method`**                | `str` ("GET")          | HTTP method to use when using AsyncHTTPCrawlerStrategy (e.g., "GET", "POST").                                       |
| **`stream`**                | `bool` (False)         | If `True`, enables streaming mode for `arun_many()` to process URLs as they complete rather than waiting for all.   |
| **`url`**                   | `str or None` (None)   | URL for this specific config. Not typically set directly but used internally for URL-specific configurations.       |
| **`user_agent`**            | `str or None` (None)   | Custom User-Agent string for this crawl. Can override browser-level user agent.                                     |
| **`user_agent_mode`**       | `str or None` (None)   | Set to `"random"` to randomize user agent. Can override browser-level setting.                                      |
| **`user_agent_generator_config`** | `dict` ({})      | Configuration for user agent generation when `user_agent_mode="random"`.                                            |

---

### J) **Virtual Scroll Configuration**

| **Parameter**                | **Type / Default**           | **What It Does**                                                                                                                    |
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`virtual_scroll_config`**  | `VirtualScrollConfig or dict` (None) | Configuration for handling virtualized scrolling on sites like Twitter/Instagram where content is replaced rather than appended. |

When sites use virtual scrolling (content replaced as you scroll), use `VirtualScrollConfig`:

```python
from crawl4ai import VirtualScrollConfig

virtual_config = VirtualScrollConfig(
    container_selector="#timeline",    # CSS selector for scrollable container
    scroll_count=30,                   # Number of times to scroll
    scroll_by="container_height",      # How much to scroll: "container_height", "page_height", or pixels (e.g. 500)
    wait_after_scroll=0.5             # Seconds to wait after each scroll for content to load
)

config = CrawlerRunConfig(
    virtual_scroll_config=virtual_config
)
```

**VirtualScrollConfig Parameters:**

| **Parameter**          | **Type / Default**        | **What It Does**                                                                          |
|------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`container_selector`** | `str` (required)        | CSS selector for the scrollable container (e.g., `"#feed"`, `".timeline"`)              |
| **`scroll_count`**     | `int` (10)               | Maximum number of scrolls to perform                                                      |
| **`scroll_by`**        | `str or int` ("container_height") | Scroll amount: `"container_height"`, `"page_height"`, or pixels (e.g., `500`)   |
| **`wait_after_scroll`** | `float` (0.5)           | Time in seconds to wait after each scroll for new content to load                        |

**When to use Virtual Scroll vs scan_full_page:**
- Use `virtual_scroll_config` when content is **replaced** during scroll (Twitter, Instagram)
- Use `scan_full_page` when content is **appended** during scroll (traditional infinite scroll)

See [Virtual Scroll documentation](../../advanced/virtual-scroll.md) for detailed examples.

---

### K) **URL Matching Configuration**

| **Parameter**          | **Type / Default**           | **What It Does**                                                                                                                    |
|------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`url_matcher`**      | `UrlMatcher` (None)          | Pattern(s) to match URLs against. Can be: string (glob), function, or list of mixed types. **None means match ALL URLs**         |
| **`match_mode`**       | `MatchMode` (MatchMode.OR)   | How to combine multiple matchers in a list: `MatchMode.OR` (any match) or `MatchMode.AND` (all must match)                       |

The `url_matcher` parameter enables URL-specific configurations when used with `arun_many()`:

```python
from crawl4ai import CrawlerRunConfig, MatchMode
from crawl4ai.processors.pdf import PDFContentScrapingStrategy
from crawl4ai.extraction_strategy import JsonCssExtractionStrategy

# Simple string pattern (glob-style)
pdf_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
    url_matcher="*.pdf",
    scraping_strategy=PDFContentScrapingStrategy()
)

# Multiple patterns with OR logic (default)
blog_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
    url_matcher=["*/blog/*", "*/article/*", "*/news/*"],
    match_mode=MatchMode.OR  # Any pattern matches
)

# Function matcher
api_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
    url_matcher=lambda url: 'api' in url or url.endswith('.json'),
    # Other settings like extraction_strategy
)

# Mixed: String + Function with AND logic
complex_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
    url_matcher=[
        lambda url: url.startswith('https://'),  # Must be HTTPS
        "*.org/*",                               # Must be .org domain
        lambda url: 'docs' in url                # Must contain 'docs'
    ],
    match_mode=MatchMode.AND  # ALL conditions must match
)

# Combined patterns and functions with AND logic
secure_docs = CrawlerRunConfig(
    url_matcher=["https://*", lambda url: '.doc' in url],
    match_mode=MatchMode.AND  # Must be HTTPS AND contain .doc
)

# Default config - matches ALL URLs
default_config = CrawlerRunConfig()  # No url_matcher = matches everything
```

**UrlMatcher Types:**
- **None (default)**: When `url_matcher` is None or not set, the config matches ALL URLs
- **String patterns**: Glob-style patterns like `"*.pdf"`, `"*/api/*"`, `"https://*.example.com/*"`
- **Functions**: `lambda url: bool` - Custom logic for complex matching
- **Lists**: Mix strings and functions, combined with `MatchMode.OR` or `MatchMode.AND`

**Important Behavior:**
- When passing a list of configs to `arun_many()`, URLs are matched against each config's `url_matcher` in order. First match wins!
- If no config matches a URL and there's no default config (one without `url_matcher`), the URL will fail with "No matching configuration found"
- Always include a default config as the last item if you want to handle all URLs

---

### L) **Advanced Crawling Features**

| **Parameter**               | **Type / Default**           | **What It Does**                                                                                                                    |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`deep_crawl_strategy`**   | `DeepCrawlStrategy or None` (None) | Strategy for deep/recursive crawling. Enables automatic link following and multi-level site crawling.                     |
| **`link_preview_config`**   | `LinkPreviewConfig or dict or None` (None) | Configuration for link head extraction and scoring. Fetches and scores link metadata without full page loads.  |
| **`experimental`**          | `dict or None` (None)       | Dictionary for experimental/beta features not yet integrated into main parameters. Use with caution.                                |

**Deep Crawl Strategy** enables automatic site exploration by following links according to defined rules. Useful for sitemap generation or comprehensive site archiving.

**Link Preview Config** allows efficient link discovery and scoring by fetching only the `<head>` section of linked pages, enabling smart crawl prioritization without the overhead of full page loads.

**Experimental** parameters are features in beta testing. They may change or be removed in future versions. Check documentation for currently available experimental features.

---

## 2.2 Helper Methods

Both `BrowserConfig` and `CrawlerRunConfig` provide a `clone()` method to create modified copies:

```python
# Create a base configuration
base_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
    cache_mode=CacheMode.ENABLED,
    word_count_threshold=200
)

# Create variations using clone()
stream_config = base_config.clone(stream=True)
no_cache_config = base_config.clone(
    cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
    stream=True
)
```

The `clone()` method is particularly useful when you need slightly different configurations for different use cases, without modifying the original config.

## 2.3 Example Usage

```python
import asyncio
from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig, CrawlerRunConfig, CacheMode

async def main():
    # Configure the browser
    browser_cfg = BrowserConfig(
        headless=False,
        viewport_width=1280,
        viewport_height=720,
        proxy="http://user:pass@myproxy:8080",
        text_mode=True
    )

    # Configure the run
    run_cfg = CrawlerRunConfig(
        cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
        session_id="my_session",
        css_selector="main.article",
        excluded_tags=["script", "style"],
        exclude_external_links=True,
        wait_for="css:.article-loaded",
        screenshot=True,
        stream=True
    )

    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_cfg) as crawler:
        result = await crawler.arun(
            url="https://example.com/news",
            config=run_cfg
        )
        if result.success:
            print("Final cleaned_html length:", len(result.cleaned_html))
            if result.screenshot:
                print("Screenshot captured (base64, length):", len(result.screenshot))
        else:
            print("Crawl failed:", result.error_message)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())
```

## 2.4 Compliance & Ethics

| **Parameter**          | **Type / Default**      | **What It Does**                                                                                                    |
|-----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`check_robots_txt`**| `bool` (False)          | When True, checks and respects robots.txt rules before crawling. Uses efficient caching with SQLite backend.          |
| **`user_agent`**      | `str` (None)            | User agent string to identify your crawler. Used for robots.txt checking when enabled.                                |

```python
run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
    check_robots_txt=True,  # Enable robots.txt compliance
    user_agent="MyBot/1.0"  # Identify your crawler
)
```

# 3. **LLMConfig** - Setting up LLM providers
LLMConfig is useful to pass LLM provider config to strategies and functions that rely on LLMs to do extraction, filtering, schema generation etc. Currently it can be used in the following -

1. LLMExtractionStrategy
2. LLMContentFilter
3. JsonCssExtractionStrategy.generate_schema
4. JsonXPathExtractionStrategy.generate_schema

## 3.1 Parameters
| **Parameter**         | **Type / Default**                     | **What It Does**                                                                                                                     |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`provider`**    | `"ollama/llama3","groq/llama3-70b-8192","groq/llama3-8b-8192", "openai/gpt-4o-mini" ,"openai/gpt-4o","openai/o1-mini","openai/o1-preview","openai/o3-mini","openai/o3-mini-high","anthropic/claude-3-haiku-20240307","anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229","anthropic/claude-3-sonnet-20240229","anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620","gemini/gemini-pro","gemini/gemini-1.5-pro","gemini/gemini-2.0-flash","gemini/gemini-2.0-flash-exp","gemini/gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05","deepseek/deepseek-chat"`<br/>*(default: `"openai/gpt-4o-mini"`)* | Which LLM provider to use. 
| **`api_token`**         |1.Optional. When not provided explicitly, api_token will be read from environment variables based on provider. For example: If a gemini model is passed as provider then,`"GEMINI_API_KEY"` will be read from environment variables  <br/> 2. API token of LLM provider <br/> eg: `api_token = "gsk_1ClHGGJ7Lpn4WGybR7vNWGdyb3FY7zXEw3SCiy0BAVM9lL8CQv"` <br/> 3. Environment variable - use with prefix "env:" <br/> eg:`api_token = "env: GROQ_API_KEY"`              | API token to use for the given provider 
| **`base_url`**         |Optional. Custom API endpoint | If your provider has a custom endpoint
| **`backoff_base_delay`** |Optional. `int` *(default: `2`)* | Seconds to wait before the first retry when the provider throttles a request.
| **`backoff_max_attempts`** |Optional. `int` *(default: `3`)* | Total tries (initial call + retries) before surfacing an error.
| **`backoff_exponential_factor`** |Optional. `int` *(default: `2`)* | Multiplier that increases the wait time for each retry (`delay = base_delay * factor^attempt`).

## 3.2 Example Usage
```python
llm_config = LLMConfig(
    provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
    api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
    backoff_base_delay=1, # optional
    backoff_max_attempts=5, # optional
    backoff_exponential_factor=3, # optional
)
```

## 4. Putting It All Together

- **Use** `BrowserConfig` for **global** browser settings: engine, headless, proxy, user agent.  
- **Use** `CrawlerRunConfig` for each crawl’s **context**: how to filter content, handle caching, wait for dynamic elements, or run JS.  
- **Pass** both configs to `AsyncWebCrawler` (the `BrowserConfig`) and then to `arun()` (the `CrawlerRunConfig`).  
- **Use** `LLMConfig` for LLM provider configurations that can be used across all extraction, filtering, schema generation tasks. Can be used in - `LLMExtractionStrategy`, `LLMContentFilter`, `JsonCssExtractionStrategy.generate_schema` & `JsonXPathExtractionStrategy.generate_schema`

```python
# Create a modified copy with the clone() method
stream_cfg = run_cfg.clone(
    stream=True,
    cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS
)
```