📄️ Introduction to Middleware
Middleware is a crucial concept in Scrapy that allows users to integrate custom functionalities into the Scrapy framework. Middleware essentially serves as a series of hooks into Scrapy's request/response processing mechanism, providing a way for you to insert code at various stages of processing.
📄️ Downloader Middleware
Scrapy is a versatile Python framework for web scraping. One of the most efficient features Scrapy offers is its middleware system. This tutorial will focus on one specific component of that system, the Downloader Middleware.
📄️ Spider Middleware
Spider Middleware is an integral part of Scrapy that manages the requests and items processed by the spiders. It is a set of hooks that Scrapy uses to process requests, responses, and items. This article will introduce you to Spider Middleware, its uses, and how to create your own middleware in Scrapy.