In this video, I’ll show you how to use **Crawl4AI**, a free and open-source web crawler, to scrape virtually any website and seamlessly integrate the scraped data with Large Language Models (LLMs). We’ll walk through installing the necessary Python dependencies, using Cursor for a quick setup, and extracting data into CSVs that can then be processed by AI tools like ChatGPT. If you’re looking to automate data collection, analyze competitor pricing, or repurpose web content, this tutorial is for you.
**What You’ll Learn:**
- How to set up **Crawl4AI** from GitHub and verify it’s actively maintained
- Multi-URL crawling and handling large batches of webpages
- Automating authentication (Identity-Based Crawling) to scrape behind logins
- Integrating scraped data with LLMs for content generation or analysis
- Practical tips and troubleshooting steps to get the most out of Crawl4AI
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## **Chapters**
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00:00 -
00:37** Introduction & Overview
Why Crawl4AI stands out among free, open-source scrapers and how web scraping “legality” is shifting.
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00:38 -
02:01** Project Setup & GitHub Check
Inspecting Crawl4AI’s GitHub repository to confirm active development and reliability.
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02:02 -
03:30** Multi-URL Crawling Explained
An overview of how Crawl4AI can handle multiple pages, batch processing, and identity-based crawling.
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03:31 -
05:03** Installing & Using Crawl4AI
Step-by-step instructions for setting up Python dependencies and configuring a basic scraping project.
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05:04 -
06:15** Quick Demo with Cursor
Demonstration of creating a Flask application and integrating Crawl4AI code snippets using Cursor.
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06:16 -
08:40** Additional Integrations & Real-World Use Cases
How to layer on LLM strategies, schema-based extraction, and more advanced functionalities.
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08:41 -
09:45** Handling Common Installation Errors
Fixing version conflicts in `requirements.txt` and dealing with async dependencies.
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09:46 -
12:00** CSV Downloads & LLM Parsing
Generating CSV files, downloading data, and piping it into ChatGPT or Claude for content extraction.
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12:01 -
13:29** Final Thoughts & Next Steps
Summarizing the benefits of open-source crawling, potential future expansions, and a look at what’s next in AI automation.
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