Scraper extension icon gives error

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Introduction to web scraping

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Scraper extension icon gives error #45

Closed PhilReedData closed 3 years ago

PhilReedData commented 3 years ago

I installed the Scraper Chrome extension. In Episode 3, under 'Scrape similar', there is a line: "Alternatively, the “Scrape similar” option can also be accessed from the Scraper extension icon:". When I use the extension from the icon, I get an error: "Frames are not supported at the moment. Please open the frame in a new tab or window and try scraping again." If I use the right-click page option, there is no error. I'm using Windows 10, Chrome 86, Scraper 1.7

timtomch commented 3 years ago

I'm seeing the same behaviour on Mac. Looks like Scraper has some issues. We could look into suggesting another tool instead.

timtomch commented 3 years ago

See https://github.com/LibraryCarpentry/lc-webscraping/issues/46