How to Scrape a Docusaurus Site in 90 Seconds
Docusaurus is a great tool for building knowledge bases. But it's a complete nightmare to scrape.
It's a Single Page Application (SPA). The content is loaded with JavaScript, the navigation is complex, and a simple Python script will break the second the developers change a class name.
You used to need a complex tool like Selenium or hours of setup. You don't anymore. Here's how to do it.
Two Paths to Perfect Data
Choose your approach based on what you need
Recursive JSON
Fire-and-forget mode. Get the entire 50-page knowledge base in 90 seconds.
- Enter your target URL: Paste the Docusaurus link (e.g., https://docusaurus.io/docs) into the Target URL box.
- Select "Recursive JSON" mode: Platform detection recognizes Docusaurus and loads the right extractor.
- Choose your options: Use Preview and select All links found to crawl the whole site.
- Run and download: In ~90 seconds, download one clean JSON with the full site hierarchy.
NeatJ Browser
Visual GUI for exploring and surgically selecting specific content you need.
- Enter your target URL: Use the same link (e.g., https://docusaurus.io/docs).
- Select "NeatJ Browser": Switch the output format to NeatJ Browser.
- Launch and explore: Open NeatJ, browse the rendered docs and link list to the section you need.
- Surgical Selection and download: Highlight just the table, code block, or chapter and export focused JSON.
The Old Way (The Pain)
- Open your terminal.
- Fire up Selenium or Puppeteer to run a full browser.
- Write dozens of lines of code to find the right
<div>and<a>tags. - Your script scrapes 3 pages and breaks.
- You find out the selectors are different on the "API" section.
- You give up.
The NeatJ Way: Two Paths to Perfect Data
With NeatJ, you have two simple solutions depending on what you need.
You're in Control
That's it. Whether you need the whole site (Recursive Mode) or a single table (NeatJ Browser), you can get it in seconds, with zero lines of code.