Enumerations

Enumerations used throughout IntelliScraper.

class intelliscraper.enums.HTMLParserType(*values)

Bases: str, Enum

Supported HTML parser backends for HTMLParser.

Determines which parser engine BeautifulSoup uses under the hood.

HTML5LIB

Full HTML5 parsing (most accurate, slower).

BUILTIN

Python’s built-in html.parser (faster, less forgiving).

HTML5LIB = 'html5lib'

BUILTIN = 'html.parser'

class intelliscraper.enums.BrowsingMode(*values)

Bases: str, Enum

Defines how the browser behaves during scraping.

HUMAN_LIKE

Adds delays, scrolling, and randomness to mimic human browsing. Recommended when using session data or scraping protected sites.

FAST

Minimal delays, optimised for throughput. Recommended when using a proxy for identity rotation.

HUMAN_LIKE = 'human_like'

FAST = 'fast'

class intelliscraper.enums.ScrapStatus(*values)

Bases: str, Enum

Outcome status of a scraping operation.

SUCCESS

Page loaded fully and content was extracted.

PARTIAL_SUCCESS

Page timed out but partial content was retrieved.

FAILED

An error prevented content extraction.

RATE_LIMITED

Server returned HTTP 429 Too Many Requests.

BLOCKED

Bot detection was triggered (HTTP 403 + known patterns).

TIMEOUT

Page load timed out with no usable content.

SUCCESS = 'success'

PARTIAL_SUCCESS = 'partial_success'

FAILED = 'failed'

RATE_LIMITED = 'rate_limited'

BLOCKED = 'blocked'

TIMEOUT = 'timeout'