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Remote Scraper Action

Execute browser automation actions on a remote scraper

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Resource Block

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Summary

Block specified resource types and custom domains during a remote scraping session to reduce bandwidth and speed up page loads.

Inputs

  • Session ID — Optional existing session ID to apply the resource block; leave empty to start a new session automatically.
  • Images — Toggle blocking of image downloads such as png, jpg, gif, svg.
  • Fonts — Toggle blocking of font downloads like woff, woff2, ttf.
  • Stylesheets — Toggle blocking of CSS stylesheet downloads.
  • Media — Toggle blocking of media downloads including video and audio.
  • Trackers — Toggle blocking of common advertising, tracker, and analytics domains (e.g., Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel). Useful to reduce bandwidth, especially when using a proxy.
  • Block Domains — Comma-separated list of additional custom domains to block (e.g., 'cdn.example.com, ads.example.com').

Output shape

a single record containing arrays of currently blocked resource types and domains.

This action immediately applies blocks for subsequent page requests in the session. Passing all false/empty inputs unblocks all resources. Output includes 'blocked_types' and 'blocked_domains' arrays indicating active blocks.

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