How to scrape XKCD with AgentQL
Looking for a better way to scrape XKCD? Say goodbye to fragile XPath or DOM selectors that easily break with website updates. AI-powered AgentQL ensures consistent web scraping across various platforms, from XKCD to any other website, regardless of UI changes.
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https://xkcd.com
URL
Input any webpage.
{
title
comic_image
transcript
}
Query
Describe data in natural language.
{
"title": "Hyphenation",
"comic_image": "https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/hyphenation.png",
"transcript": "I'm not sure what's worse, the amount of time I've spent trying to fix this, or the fact that 'autocorrect' failed to catch that this is wrong."
}
Returns
Receive accurate output in seconds.
How to use AgentQL on XKCD



1
Install the SDK
Install code for JS and Python
npm install agentql
pip3 install agentql
3
Run your script
Install code for both JS and Python
agentql init
python example.py
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