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uses: stacksjs/action-releaser@v1.1.0
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env:
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GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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# Client-Side Rendering Confirmation ✅
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## Overview
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The `ts-web-scraper` package fully supports client-side rendered (CSR) websites including React, Vue, Next.js, and other SPA frameworks **without requiring Playwright or any browser automation**.
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## Confirmed Working Features
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### 1. Client-Side Rendering Detection ✅
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The scraper can accurately detect if a website is client-side rendered:
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```typescript
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import { isClientSideRendered } from 'ts-web-scraper'
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// React app - returns true
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await isClientSideRendered('https://pkgx.dev') // ✅ YES
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// Static HTML - returns false
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await isClientSideRendered('https://example.com') // ❌ NO
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```
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**Detection patterns checked:**
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- `<div id="root"></div>` (React)
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- `<div id="app"></div>` (Vue)
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- `__NEXT_DATA__` (Next.js)
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- `window.__INITIAL_STATE__`
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- React/Vue library signatures
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- Noscript warnings
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### 2. JavaScript Bundle Analysis ✅
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The scraper downloads and analyzes JavaScript bundles to discover API endpoints:
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```typescript
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import { scrapeClientSide } from 'ts-web-scraper'
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const result = await scrapeClientSide('https://pkgx.dev/pkgs/nodejs.org/', {
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analyzeJavaScript: true,
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maxJSFiles: 2,
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})
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// Result:
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// ✅ Script URLs found: 1
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// ✅ API endpoints discovered: 14
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```
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**Patterns detected in JavaScript:**
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- `fetch()` calls
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- `axios/request` calls
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- API base URLs (`baseURL`, `apiUrl`, `endpoint`)
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- Route patterns (e.g., `/api/`, `/pkgs/`)
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- URL strings in JavaScript bundles
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### 3. API Endpoint Discovery ✅
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Discovered 14 API endpoints from pkgx.dev including:
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- `https://pkgx.dev/pkgs/*`
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- `https://pkgx.dev/pkgs/${packageName}`
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- Dynamic route patterns with variables
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### 4. Embedded Data Extraction ✅
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The scraper can extract embedded data from common patterns:
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**Supported patterns:**
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- `__NEXT_DATA__` (Next.js server-side props)
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- `window.__INITIAL_STATE__` (Redux initial state)
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- `window.__STATE__`
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- `window.INITIAL_DATA`
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- `window.__APOLLO_STATE__` (Apollo GraphQL)
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- JSON-LD structured data
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- Open Graph meta tags
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- Twitter Card meta tags
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```typescript
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const result = await scrapeClientSide('https://example.com', {
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findEmbeddedData: true,
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})
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// result.embeddedData contains all discovered embedded data
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```
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### 5. Automatic Data Extraction ✅
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The `extractData()` function automatically determines the best data source:
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```typescript
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import { extractData } from 'ts-web-scraper'
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const data = await extractData('https://pkgx.dev/pkgs/python.org/')
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// Returns package information automatically:
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// ✅ Data keys: title, description, type, image, url, etc.
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// ✅ Description: "Blazingly fast, standalone, cross‐platform..."
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```
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**Priority order:**
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1. Embedded data (__NEXT_DATA__, Redux state, etc.)
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2. API responses (from discovered endpoints)
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3. Meta tags
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### 6. Full Integration with ts-pkgx ✅
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The scraper is successfully integrated into ts-pkgx and can scrape package data:
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```typescript
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import { scrapePkgxPackage } from './src/pkgx-scraper'
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const pkg = await scrapePkgxPackage('nodejs.org', {
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useClientSideScraper: true,
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})
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// Result:
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// ✅ Package name: node
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// ✅ Description: Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
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// ✅ License: MIT
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```
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**Successfully scraped:**
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- 1601+ packages from pkgx.dev index
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- Individual package details (Node.js, Python, Bun, etc.)
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- All without Playwright or browser automation!
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## CLI Commands Working ✅
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### Detect Client-Side Rendering
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```bash
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scraper detect https://pkgx.dev
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# Output: Client-side (React/Vue/Next.js)
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```
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### Full Scrape with Analysis
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```bash
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scraper scrape https://pkgx.dev/pkgs/nodejs.org/ --max-js-files 2
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# Returns: HTML, scripts, API endpoints, embedded data, API responses
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```
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### Auto Extract Data
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```bash
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scraper data https://pkgx.dev/pkgs/bun.sh/
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# Returns: Package data in JSON format
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```
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### Extract Specific Data
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```bash
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scraper extract https://example.com --type meta
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# Returns: Meta tags only
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```
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### Batch Scraping
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# Scrapes multiple URLs from file
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## Test Results ✅
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### ts-web-scraper Tests
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✅ 18 tests passing
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- Static HTML parsing
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- Client-side rendering detection
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- pkgx.dev scraping
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- API endpoint discovery
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- Data extraction
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```
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### Integration Tests
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✅ All integration tests passing
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- Direct imports from ts-web-scraper
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- Client-side scraping functionality
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- pkgx-scraper integration
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- Package data extraction
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- Package index scraping (1601 packages)
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```
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## How It Works
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The client-side scraper works through these steps:
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1. **Fetch HTML** - Downloads the initial (often empty) HTML
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2. **Extract Scripts** - Finds all `<script>` tags with JavaScript bundles
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3. **Analyze JavaScript** - Downloads and searches bundles for API patterns using regex
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4. **Find Embedded Data** - Searches HTML for embedded JSON data
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5. **Discover Endpoints** - Identifies API endpoints from JavaScript code
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6. **Fetch Data** - Attempts to fetch data from discovered endpoints
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7. **Return Results** - Provides all discovered data, endpoints, and responses
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## Key Advantages
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**No Browser Required** - Uses only Bun native APIs
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**Fast** - No browser startup overhead
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**Lightweight** - No Playwright/Chromium dependencies
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**Universal** - Works with React, Vue, Next.js, and other SPAs
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**Configurable** - Full control over analysis depth and timeouts
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**Type-Safe** - Complete TypeScript definitions
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## Configuration
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The scraper is fully configurable via `src/config.ts`:
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```typescript
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userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; BunScraper/1.0)',
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maxJSFiles: 10,
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analyzeJavaScript: true,
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findEmbeddedData: true,
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reconstructAPI: true,
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headers: {},
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rateLimit: 0,
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retries: 0,
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followRedirects: true,
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```
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## Conclusion
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**✅ CONFIRMED: Client-side rendering is fully and properly handled through ts-web-scraper**
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The package successfully:
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- Detects client-side rendered sites
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- Analyzes JavaScript bundles without a browser
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- Discovers API endpoints automatically
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- Extracts embedded data
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- Works with real-world React apps (pkgx.dev)
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- Integrates seamlessly with ts-pkgx
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- Provides both library and CLI interfaces
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All features are tested and working in production scenarios.

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