Glossary of Terms

Terms	Definitions
API	Application Programming Interface; a set of rules that allows different software entities to communicate with each other.
Cheap Mode	An AI Scraper mode optimized for cost efficiency, best suited for simple pages with clear structure such as e-commerce listings and article summaries.
Super Mode	An AI Scraper mode designed for complex pages, unstructured content, or scenarios requiring high precision and accuracy.
CSS Selector	A pattern used to select and target specific HTML elements on a web page for data extraction.
CSV	Comma-Separated Values; a file format used to store tabular data in plain text, commonly used for exporting scraped data.
Endpoint	A specific URL where API requests are sent to perform operations such as rerunning a scraper or retrieving data.
HTML	HyperText Markup Language; the standard language for creating web pages and web applications.
JSON	JavaScript Object Notation; a lightweight data interchange format that is easy for humans to read and write and easy for machines to parse and generate.
Pagination	The process of navigating through multiple pages of results to extract data from all available pages.
Prompt	A natural language instruction given to the AI Scraper describing what data to extract from a web page.
Proxy	An intermediary server that separates end users from the websites they browse, often used to enhance privacy and security.
Scraping	The process of extracting data from websites using automated tools or scripts.
Token	A unit of measurement representing the compute resources consumed by scraper operations; also refers to API tokens used for authentication.