How do I extract data from a website to a spreadsheet?
Choose the pages, the columns, and a row limit, then ask your agent to open each page in an ego(lite) Space and return one row per visible item. The export is a source-linked CSV or Markdown file you can open in Excel or import into Google Sheets. Keep source_url, checked_at, and access_status columns so every value can be reviewed; this workflow does not provide a native Sheets sync or invent fields that the page does not show.
Can I scrape a website directly into Google Sheets?
ego(lite) does not claim a native Google Sheets connector. It writes a CSV or Markdown file locally, which you can import into a sheet after reviewing the rows. Google Sheets also has IMPORTHTML for public HTML tables and lists, while a visible browser workflow is useful when content is JavaScript-rendered, spread across several pages, or available only in an authorized session.
What columns should a website-to-spreadsheet export include?
Start with the fields that answer your research question, then add source_url, source_title, checked_at, access_status, and an evidence or notes column. Keep one value per cell, use null or ‘not displayed’ for missing values, and define a stable key for deduplication. A schema makes a CSV useful in a spreadsheet and makes later refreshes comparable.
What is a URL extractor?
A URL extractor turns links from a page, HTML block, document, or text into a clean list. For a live web page, a useful result usually includes the resolved destination URL, anchor text, link type, and source page. With ego(lite), your coding agent opens the live page in a visible browser, extracts the links from the rendered document, and returns a source-linked CSV or Markdown report.
How do I extract URLs from a web page with an AI agent?
Install ego(lite), give your agent the page URLs, and choose the columns and output format you need. The agent opens each page in its own Space, waits for it to render, resolves relative paths, classifies and deduplicates the links, and writes the final list. You can watch any Space and take over if a page asks for a human decision.
What is the difference between a URL extractor and a link extractor?
A URL extractor often means a text tool that finds URL-shaped strings wherever they appear. A link extractor or hyperlink extractor usually reads actual HTML anchors, so it can keep anchor text, rel attributes, targets, and internal-versus-external context. This ego(lite) workflow focuses on page-level hyperlinks by default, while the prompt can be expanded to include plain-text URLs when that is genuinely part of the task.
Can it get every URL from a website?
Not from one page alone. It can get the links available in the rendered document for every source page you list, but a complete website inventory may also require an XML sitemap, a bounded internal crawl, and another discovery source for orphan pages. The page keeps that distinction explicit instead of calling one extracted page a complete site map.
Does URL extraction work on JavaScript-rendered pages?
Yes, when the links become available in the rendered document that your authorized browser session can see. The agent waits for the page's main content before collecting anchors. Links hidden in closed shadow roots, canvas drawings, network responses, or code are separate extraction sources and are not included unless you ask for them explicitly.
Can this hyperlink extractor separate internal and external links?
Yes. The agent resolves each href against the final source-page URL, compares the destination origin with the source origin, and labels the row as internal or external. It can also keep file, email, phone, fragment, rel, target, anchor-text, and occurrence fields so the list is useful for an SEO or content audit.
Can I export the extracted links to CSV?
Yes. Ask your agent for CSV, Markdown, or both, with the same fields in each file. You can also request a short summary of source-page coverage, unique links, internal and external counts, and any page that needs your review.
Can it extract links from a page that requires a login?
Only when you are authorized to view the page and choose an ego(lite) browser context that already has the required session. The agent never asks for or enters your credentials. If the session does not have access, or the page asks for a CAPTCHA, approval, or another human decision, the agent stops and hands the visible Space back to you.
Does the link extractor check for broken links?
Not by default. Extracting a destination from a source page does not prove that the destination returns 200, redirects correctly, or has the expected canonical. Add a separate, bounded checking pass if you need those fields; that pass must open each destination and record its own check time and status instead of guessing from the source link.
Is the ego(lite) URL extractor free?
ego(lite) is free to download for Mac. The workflow uses the coding agent you already run, so its token usage and any provider costs still apply. It is designed for visible, supervised page batches rather than an unlimited unattended site crawl.
How do I extract links from JavaScript-rendered pricing pages?
Open the page in a real browser, wait for the pricing content to render, and then extract the anchors from the visible document. Keep the final URL, page title, anchor text, and check time with each result. If the links exist only in a script, API response, or closed shadow root, name that as a separate authorized source instead of claiming the visible HTML contains it.
What should I do when a career or pricing page is bot-blocked?
Record the URL and the block, then use an official sitemap, public feed, employer API, or a human review path that the site permits. Do not bypass a robot check with stealth settings, fingerprint changes, proxy rotation, or credential sharing. A blocked source should remain blocked in the report so a partial extraction is not mistaken for complete coverage.
Can I extract emails and phone numbers from a rendered website?
You can extract contact details that are visibly published on pages you are authorized to process, but treat them as personal data. Keep the source URL and purpose, collect only the fields you need, avoid hidden or obfuscated values unless the page renders them for users, and follow privacy, consent, retention, and outreach rules. Never infer a person's contact information or send messages automatically.
How do I crawl paginated pages and find hidden email links?
Define the allowed domain, starting URLs, pagination pattern, maximum page count, and stop conditions before running. Follow only visible, authorized next-page links, deduplicate by canonicalized URL, and record each page's status. An email hidden in source code or an unlinked endpoint is a different extraction request; do not expand into an unlimited crawl or access-restricted content by assumption.
Can ChatGPT read an entire blog from one URL?
A single URL usually exposes one page, not every article in a blog. First extract the blog's visible article index or XML sitemap, cap the number of pages, then fetch each permitted article and produce a source-linked digest or Markdown bundle. Preserve titles, URLs, dates, and failures so the model can distinguish missing pages from pages that were never requested.
How can I extract blog article lists without a site-specific adapter?
Use a generic hierarchy of signals: semantic article links and headings in the rendered page, pagination or load-more controls, then an XML sitemap when available. Normalize URLs against the page origin, retain anchor text and dates where shown, and ask for a review of ambiguous cards. A generic extractor handles common layouts, but no adapter-free method can guarantee every custom JavaScript pattern.
Can I batch screenshot multiple websites on a Mac?
Yes, for a bounded list of pages you are allowed to capture. Give each URL its own Space, wait for a stated ready condition, set a consistent viewport, and save a timestamped filename with the source URL. Redact credentials and personal data, respect robots or site terms, and mark pages that fail or require a human decision instead of retrying without a limit.
Is there an API to simulate rendering a URL as HTML?
A rendered-browser workflow can produce the DOM or page text after JavaScript runs, but ego(lite) is a local visible browser rather than a hosted HTML-rendering API. If you need an API, compare rendering timing, JavaScript support, caching, data retention, authentication, and per-request pricing, and verify that sending the target page to the provider is allowed. Keep source URL and render time in the output.
