Web Interface: Settings

Overview

The web interface settings can be opened by clicking on the settings button in the upper-right corner of the screen.

Settings

  • Timeout: The default number of minutes the scraping session is allowed to run before a request to stop is inserted.

    If this value is blank, 0, or negative, the scraping session will not time out.

  • Time: The default percentage of time whereby two runs of a scraping session may differ without being flagged as a possible error.
  • Record Count: The default percentage of records scraped whereby two runs of a scraping session may differ without being flagged as a possible error.
  • Repeat Every: How often the scrape should be rerun by default.
  • Reload From File: If you directly edit the screen-scraper.properties file this causes the new settings to be reloaded.
  • Save: Save settings and close dialog.
  • Cancel: Close without saving changes to settings.

Flagged scrapes are highlighted in red in the run/running tab.