The Truth About Devin AI and Website Scraping
AI Summary
- Introduction - Excitement about testing Devon's web scraping capabilities - Task: Scrape m.v website, convert pages to Markdown, zip, and download - Video Content - Request to Devon: Scrape m.v, organize Markdown files, zip for download - Steps Devon will follow: - Navigate and scrape main page - Identify and scrape linked pages - Convert pages to Markdown - Organize files in a folder - Zip and provide the file - Execution: - Devon browses category pages, converts to Markdown - Folder structure organized by category - Content includes author name, post date, and main content - After initial pages, Devon zips the folder for download - First attempt results in six pages - After a deep crawl prompt, more pages are scraped - Second attempt yields 183 pages, less than the total on the site - A new session with explicit instructions to crawl all pages - Final result: 746 pages scraped - Observations - Need for specific instructions on content extraction - Different instances show varied extraction results - Importance of clear prompts for desired structure and content - Potential for SEO optimization by extracting metadata - Conclusion - Encouragement to like, share, and subscribe for future updates on SEO optimization with Devon