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Question: I only want to scrape a specific set of URLs. How can I configure Power Search to crawl only my list?
Answer: You can specify a list of URL for Power Search to scrape by adding your URLs to the list of “Additional Root URLs” in Advanced Project Settings (click the “Wrench” button). You can […]

Question: How can I use Power Search to find images (img tags) on my website that do not have an “alt” attribute present?

Answer: Follow these steps:

Create a new project and specify your Root URL
Set the Query Type to “XPath”
In the Query field, enter: //img
In the “Attribute” field (to the right of the Query) enter in […]

Question: Power Search hangs when I try to crawl using my Regular Expression. What’s wrong?

Answer: It is possible to construct a Regular Expression that will never finish running. There is a good chance that you accidentally created a Regular Expression like this. The easiest way to diagnose this type of problem is to download a […]

Question: Does Power Search support multi-line queries?

Answer: At this time Power Search does not support multiple queries. If this is a feature you need or would like to see in a future release, please send us an email. We rely heavily on our user feedback to help drive our application development. We’d love you hear […]

Question: I want to extract data from a website. What is the best way to create a Wildcard Match to extract the text I want?

Answer: In our experience, the easiest way to construct the Wildcard Matches is to build the match starting with the page’s HTML code. Follow these steps:

Load the page you want to […]

Question: Can Power Search crawl a password protected website?

Answer: Yes! Power Search has the same password and form capabilities as our other web crawling applications. To configure access to a password protected page, click “Project | Passwords and Forms…” from the main menu bar.

Question: How can I exclude pages from my crawl like I can with other Inspyder applications?

Answer: Power Search has the same ability to exclude pages and paths from the crawl, though it doesn’t have a button on the main form. To access this feature, click “Project | Excluded Pages…” from the main menu bar.