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crawl4ai/docs/examples/table_extraction_example.py
ntohidi a51545c883 feat: 🚀 Introduce revolutionary LLMTableExtraction with intelligent chunking for massive tables
BREAKING CHANGE: Table extraction now uses Strategy Design Pattern

This epic commit introduces a game-changing approach to table extraction in Crawl4AI:

 NEW FEATURES:
- LLMTableExtraction: AI-powered extraction for complex HTML tables with rowspan/colspan
- Smart Chunking: Automatically splits massive tables into optimal chunks at row boundaries
- Parallel Processing: Processes multiple chunks simultaneously for blazing-fast extraction
- Intelligent Merging: Seamlessly combines chunk results into complete tables
- Header Preservation: Each chunk maintains context with original headers
- Auto-retry Logic: Built-in resilience with configurable retry attempts

🏗️ ARCHITECTURE:
- Strategy Design Pattern for pluggable table extraction strategies
- ThreadPoolExecutor for concurrent chunk processing
- Token-based chunking with configurable thresholds
- Handles tables without headers gracefully

 PERFORMANCE:
- Process 1000+ row tables without timeout
- Parallel processing with up to 5 concurrent chunks
- Smart token estimation prevents LLM context overflow
- Optimized for providers like Groq for massive tables

🔧 CONFIGURATION:
- enable_chunking: Auto-handle large tables (default: True)
- chunk_token_threshold: When to split (default: 3000 tokens)
- min_rows_per_chunk: Meaningful chunk sizes (default: 10)
- max_parallel_chunks: Concurrent processing (default: 5)

📚 BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:
- Existing code continues to work unchanged
- DefaultTableExtraction remains the default strategy
- Progressive enhancement approach

This is the future of web table extraction - handling everything from simple tables to massive, complex data grids with merged cells and nested structures. The chunking is completely transparent to users while providing unprecedented scalability.
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"""
Example: Using Table Extraction Strategies in Crawl4AI
This example demonstrates how to use different table extraction strategies
to extract tables from web pages.
"""
import asyncio
import pandas as pd
from crawl4ai import (
AsyncWebCrawler,
CrawlerRunConfig,
CacheMode,
DefaultTableExtraction,
NoTableExtraction,
TableExtractionStrategy
)
from typing import Dict, List, Any
async def example_default_extraction():
"""Example 1: Using default table extraction (automatic)."""
print("\n" + "="*50)
print("Example 1: Default Table Extraction")
print("="*50)
async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
# No need to specify table_extraction - uses DefaultTableExtraction automatically
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
table_score_threshold=7 # Adjust sensitivity (default: 7)
)
result = await crawler.arun(
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)",
config=config
)
if result.success and result.tables:
print(f"Found {len(result.tables)} tables")
# Convert first table to pandas DataFrame
if result.tables:
first_table = result.tables[0]
df = pd.DataFrame(
first_table['rows'],
columns=first_table['headers'] if first_table['headers'] else None
)
print(f"\nFirst table preview:")
print(df.head())
print(f"Shape: {df.shape}")
async def example_custom_configuration():
"""Example 2: Custom table extraction configuration."""
print("\n" + "="*50)
print("Example 2: Custom Table Configuration")
print("="*50)
async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
# Create custom extraction strategy with specific settings
table_strategy = DefaultTableExtraction(
table_score_threshold=5, # Lower threshold for more permissive detection
min_rows=3, # Only extract tables with at least 3 rows
min_cols=2, # Only extract tables with at least 2 columns
verbose=True
)
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
table_extraction=table_strategy,
# Target specific tables using CSS selector
css_selector="div.main-content"
)
result = await crawler.arun(
"https://example.com/data",
config=config
)
if result.success:
print(f"Found {len(result.tables)} tables matching criteria")
for i, table in enumerate(result.tables):
print(f"\nTable {i+1}:")
print(f" Caption: {table.get('caption', 'No caption')}")
print(f" Size: {table['metadata']['row_count']} rows × {table['metadata']['column_count']} columns")
print(f" Has headers: {table['metadata']['has_headers']}")
async def example_disable_extraction():
"""Example 3: Disable table extraction when not needed."""
print("\n" + "="*50)
print("Example 3: Disable Table Extraction")
print("="*50)
async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
# Use NoTableExtraction to skip table processing entirely
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
table_extraction=NoTableExtraction() # No tables will be extracted
)
result = await crawler.arun(
"https://example.com",
config=config
)
if result.success:
print(f"Tables extracted: {len(result.tables)} (should be 0)")
print("Table extraction disabled - better performance for non-table content")
class FinancialTableExtraction(TableExtractionStrategy):
"""
Custom strategy for extracting financial tables with specific requirements.
"""
def __init__(self, currency_symbols=None, **kwargs):
super().__init__(**kwargs)
self.currency_symbols = currency_symbols or ['$', '', '£', '¥']
def extract_tables(self, element, **kwargs):
"""Extract only tables that appear to contain financial data."""
tables_data = []
for table in element.xpath(".//table"):
# Check if table contains currency symbols
table_text = ''.join(table.itertext())
has_currency = any(symbol in table_text for symbol in self.currency_symbols)
if not has_currency:
continue
# Extract using base logic (could reuse DefaultTableExtraction logic)
headers = []
rows = []
# Extract headers
for th in table.xpath(".//thead//th | .//tr[1]//th"):
headers.append(th.text_content().strip())
# Extract rows
for tr in table.xpath(".//tbody//tr | .//tr[position()>1]"):
row = []
for td in tr.xpath(".//td"):
cell_text = td.text_content().strip()
# Clean currency values
for symbol in self.currency_symbols:
cell_text = cell_text.replace(symbol, '')
row.append(cell_text)
if row:
rows.append(row)
if headers or rows:
tables_data.append({
"headers": headers,
"rows": rows,
"caption": table.xpath(".//caption/text()")[0] if table.xpath(".//caption") else "",
"summary": table.get("summary", ""),
"metadata": {
"type": "financial",
"has_currency": True,
"row_count": len(rows),
"column_count": len(headers) if headers else len(rows[0]) if rows else 0
}
})
return tables_data
async def example_custom_strategy():
"""Example 4: Custom table extraction strategy."""
print("\n" + "="*50)
print("Example 4: Custom Financial Table Strategy")
print("="*50)
async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
# Use custom strategy for financial tables
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
table_extraction=FinancialTableExtraction(
currency_symbols=['$', ''],
verbose=True
)
)
result = await crawler.arun(
"https://finance.yahoo.com/",
config=config
)
if result.success:
print(f"Found {len(result.tables)} financial tables")
for table in result.tables:
if table['metadata'].get('type') == 'financial':
print(f" ✓ Financial table with {table['metadata']['row_count']} rows")
async def example_combined_extraction():
"""Example 5: Combine table extraction with other strategies."""
print("\n" + "="*50)
print("Example 5: Combined Extraction Strategies")
print("="*50)
from crawl4ai import LLMExtractionStrategy, LLMConfig
async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
# Define schema for structured extraction
schema = {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"page_title": {"type": "string"},
"main_topic": {"type": "string"},
"key_figures": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"type": "string"}
}
}
}
config = CrawlerRunConfig(
cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
# Table extraction
table_extraction=DefaultTableExtraction(
table_score_threshold=6,
min_rows=2
),
# LLM extraction for structured data
extraction_strategy=LLMExtractionStrategy(
llm_config=LLMConfig(provider="openai"),
schema=schema
)
)
result = await crawler.arun(
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States",
config=config
)
if result.success:
print(f"Tables found: {len(result.tables)}")
# Tables are in result.tables
if result.tables:
print(f"First table has {len(result.tables[0]['rows'])} rows")
# Structured data is in result.extracted_content
if result.extracted_content:
import json
structured_data = json.loads(result.extracted_content)
print(f"Page title: {structured_data.get('page_title', 'N/A')}")
print(f"Main topic: {structured_data.get('main_topic', 'N/A')}")
async def main():
"""Run all examples."""
print("\n" + "="*60)
print("CRAWL4AI TABLE EXTRACTION EXAMPLES")
print("="*60)
# Run examples
await example_default_extraction()
await example_custom_configuration()
await example_disable_extraction()
await example_custom_strategy()
# await example_combined_extraction() # Requires OpenAI API key
print("\n" + "="*60)
print("EXAMPLES COMPLETED")
print("="*60)
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())