Splash Integration

This tutorial explains how to use the Splash rendering engine with Scrapoxy.

Step 1: Use the correct Docker Image

The official image has the following issues:

• Proxy Issue with HTTPS: Splash has a known issue when using proxies on HTTPS URLs.
• Page Cache: By default, Splash caches pages. If you request the same page twice, the second request will return the cached version rather than making a new request via Scrapoxy.

Use the image fabienvauchelles/splash to solve these issues.

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If you're interested in the underlying code, you can find it here.

Step 2: Start Splash

Run the following command to start Splash:

docker run -p 8050:8050 --rm fabienvauchelles/splash

Step 3: Retrieve project credentials

1. Open Scrapoxy User interface, and go to the project Settings;
2. Remember the project's Username;
3. Remember the project's Password.

Step 4: Use Splash with Scrapoxy

Run the following command to use Splash with Scrapoxy:

curl \
  -d '{"wait": 1, "proxy": "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST_IP:8888"}' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -X POST http://localhost:8050/render.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com

Replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with the previously copied credentials, and HOST_IP with the IP address of the machine running Scrapoxy.

WARNING

For the HOST_IP, avoid using localhost.

Since Splash runs inside a Docker container, Scrapoxy is not running within this container. Use the correct IP address of the machine running Scrapoxy.

Step 5: Use Splash with Scrapy

See the guide here.