Collections

A Collection represents a web scraping set up. It brings together two key components: Queries and Sources.

Queries describe the data you want to collect, and Sources are the websites you want to collect it from.

Each time you want data, you start a Run on a Collection. You can run a Collection as many times as you like to keep your information up to date, and every Run records when it was started so you always know how fresh your data is.

You can also give a Collection a schedule, so ApeScrape re-runs it automatically (daily, weekly, or whenever you like) and pause the schedule at any time.

Collections can be edited after setup, so you can always change your mind.

Finally, the records collected during a Run are organised into clean, structured tables you can sort and explore. More information on viewing your data is available here.