Web scraping scripts pack: 10 Playwright templates
This is the tooling page for the Web Scraping Script Pack: ten self-contained Node.js scripts built on Playwright. Each file handles one scraping pattern you would otherwise rewrite per project. Every script runs on its own, opens with a how-to-run comment, and marks the selectors to edit with an EDIT constant. Weighing this against a hosted platform? The cloud vs self-hosted scraping comparison covers pricing and tradeoffs.
Setup is one npm install plus one chromium download. Scripts use built-in fetch on Node 18+. Nothing uploads anywhere and no script needs an account or API key.
New to scrapers entirely? The scrape without coding guide walks the edit-a-template workflow: one config block per script, honest limits, robots.txt checks.
If you write scrapers in Python, the same patterns map directly: requests + BeautifulSoup or Scrapy cover pagination, polling, and retry logic the same way Playwright does here. The python scraping template guide maps each of the ten files to its Python equivalent, and the structure (fetch, parse, dedupe, persist) is the transferable part.
The 10 scripts, with use cases
| File | Function | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| 01-paginated-table-to-csv.js | Walks ?page=N or Next-button pagination, saves table rows to CSV | Pull a listings or results table that spans many pages into one flat file |
| 02-infinite-scroll-collector.js | Scrolls a feed to the end, dedupes, saves JSON | Collect everything from a feed that loads more on scroll instead of paginating |
| 03-login-scrape-storagestate.js | Logs in once, saves the session, reuses it on later runs | Scrape pages behind a login on your own account without re-authenticating each run |
| 04-price-stock-monitor.js | Diff-based product monitor, POSTs a Slack/Discord webhook on change | Watch product prices or stock status and get pinged when the page changes |
| 05-bulk-form-submitter.js | CSV rows in, one form submission per row, results report | Fill and submit the same form for a batch of records you already have |
| 06-job-board-scraper.js | Board/listing pages to JSON with cross-run dedupe | Track new postings across runs without re-collecting entries from last time |
| 07-sitemap-crawler.js | Expands sitemap indexes, honors robots.txt and crawl-delay, writes JSONL | Enumerate every URL in a site's sitemap at a pace its robots.txt asks for |
| 08-screenshot-diff-bot.js | sha256 change detection with archived previous shots | Screenshot a page on a schedule and know exactly when its layout or content changed |
| 09-api-poller-jsonl.js | Polls a JSON endpoint, appends new records to JSONL | Build an append-only record of an endpoint's output over time |
| 10-retry-fetch-wrapper.js | Exponential backoff, jitter, UA rotation, Retry-After aware | Wrap flaky requests so transient failures back off instead of crashing a run |
The download also includes package.json, a smoke-test.js that verifies the install, and a README with a quick start.
Scrape within the rules
The pack targets publicly accessible data. Two scripts, the login session script (03) and the bulk form submitter (05), are meant for sites you own or have written permission to use, and the pack's README says so next to each file.
Whatever you collect: check the site's robots.txt and terms of service first, keep request rates low, and identify your bot with a real user agent. Script 07 reads robots.txt and crawl-delay for you; the rest expect you to apply the same limits to the target you point them at. Rules differ by site and jurisdiction, so treat this note as a starting point, not legal advice.
Sample manifest, free
The full scripts-manifest.json lists every file with its pattern and runtime notes. The sample.json and sample.csv previews carry the same 10-row table in agent-readable form. Download them before buying to see the full inventory.
One-time purchase, through Getly checkout. Personal and commercial use; no redistribution of the files as-is.