Breakpoint Window

Overview

The breakpoint window opens when the scraping session runs into a session.breakpoint method call in a script. It is a very effective tool when trouble shooting your scrapes.

Breakpoint Window

  • (run): Instructs the scrape to continue from the stop point.
  • (stop): Ends the scrape (as soon as it can).
  • Session variables: Lists all of the session variables that are currently available.

    The value of any variable can be edited here by double clicking on it, changing it, and deselecting or hitting enter.

  • Current script: The script that initiated the breakpoint as well as a count of currently active scripts.
  • Current scrapeable file: The scrapeable file that called the script that initiated the breakpoint.
  • Current data set: Opens a dataset window with the contents of the active data set.
  • Current data record: Lists all of the data record variables that are currently available.

    The value of any variable can be edited here by double clicking on it, changing it, and deselecting or hitting enter.