Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

cli prefix corresponds to packages/cli and extension corresponds to packages/extension

[Unreleased]

[extension-v2.1.0] - 2026-08-16

Added

Add button for highlighting elements by selector in Field definition component
Add count field type for counting matched elements as alternative to extracting attributes or properties.
Automatically create full URL for href and src attributes during extraction.
Add YAML format for results export.
Add urlPattern implementation for controlling which URLs config applies to.

Changed

Use IntersectionObserver to prevent hanging when too many elements are highlighted.

Fixed

Fix problem where sidebar requires multiple clicks to open.
Cleanup changes made to DOM when inspector is launched such as event listeners and HTML elements.

[extension-v2.0.0] - 2026-08-09

Added

Add columns sorting to results viewer table.
Add ability to extract attributes from container element using ‘.’ selector.
Add snapshots/checkpoints when scraping for better error recovery.
Add user confirmation for destructive actions

Changed

Breaking refactor of scrape configuration format
Update field definition UI to support new Field schema
Allow URL to be editable and navigate to URL when necessary before beginning extraction
Update metadata section of config panel with new + updated properties in ScrapeConfig
Results are now grouped according to the group’s name instead of the nanoid based ID.
Centralize handling of user confirmation dialogs to service file

[cli-v0.1.0] - 2026-06-15

Added

Add initial version of headless crawler. Uses same scrape config as extension but runs headless through a Cheerio crawler implemented through crawlee.

[extension-v1.5.0] - 2026-06-15

Changed

Switch to generalized extractor. Mostly code change as functionality is identical

Fixed

Fix how logging is handled in content vs background scripts
Simplify how pages are compared.
Correctly set error in various failure states

[extension-v1.4.0] - 2026-05-09

Added

Switch to logtape for logging for clearer information

Fixed

Handle newlines in results which broke markdown table exports

Changed

Improve results downloading

[extension-v1.3.0] - 2026-05-07

Added

Add retries for various failure states

Fixed

Add better log messages
Add global stop event for user interruption of execution
Support use of XPath selector for ‘next’ navigation
Fix test pagination button

[extension-v1.2.0] - 2026-04-22

Added

Add editable names for selector groups
Improve button style in Editable Input
Add search and sort in library component

Fixed

Change how selector array type is toggled
Change button style to be more visible
Switching to none pagination now works

Changed

Default to Use dark colorscheme

[extension-v1.1.0] - 2026-04-05

Added

Add ability to group selectors for extracting different data from a single page
Add multi selector group results display
Add export for individual group data

Fixed

Exit early when no pagination defined
Allow use of xpath for container selector

Changed

Modify DataTable style

[extension-v1.0.0] - 2026-03-02

Added

Add initial addon implementation
Improve UI and add simple data extraction logic
Add property creation component
Add functions to save and load scraping config
Add csv export for extracted data
(local_storage) Integrate local storage
(extractor) Add append to data extraction
(ConfigStorage) Add rename for saved config
(ConfigStorage) Add config delete function
(StatusIndicator) Add LogViewer component
Add centralized status tracking
(dominspector) Connect inspect to UI
(config) [breaking] Refine ScrapeConfig
Add new config panel and metadata section
Change dark theme background color
Add OptionsSection in ConfigPanel
Add Pagination in Config tab
[breaking] Replace interfaces with zod
Replace selectorDefs with ScrapeConfig
Replace extractOptions with ScrapeConfig
[breaking] Refactor handling of extractedData
Replace metadata with ScrapeCofig
Replace pagination with ScrapeCofig
[breaking] Refactor import/export out of state file
Refactor saving/loading from browser storage
Centralize status handling
[breaking] Add support for container selector
Add input for container selector
Add selector prediction to ElementPicker
Add display for selected elements
Add support for xpath selectors
[breaking] Add control for extracting multiple items
Add script to verify saved ScrapeConfig
Add central logging and viewer component
Implement pagination handling in UI
Improve handling of pagination
Add runConfig that extracts and paginates
Improve status handling and add interrupt
Enable alternative algorithm for finding selector for individual elements
Switch to tanstack based datatable component
Add separate page display for results and logs
Add data copying to clipboard including HTML and Markdown tables

Fixed

Use async function to fix status update
(sidebar) Move StatusIndicator and format
Correct fixed screen breaking overflow
Remove unecessary variables and update log
Fix highlights not-updating on scroll
Change how items are added to blacklist
Fix EditableInput not displaying config id
Fix bug in loading/saving ScrapeConfig
Fix how results data is appended
Correctly set for single/array toggle
Handle different cases of ‘next’ pagination
Add bottom padding component prevent item cutoff
Set missing metadata fields on config run

Security

Narrow CSP and update plugin description

Changed

Move to pnpm and fix issues found by eslint
Change package name to page-sieve
Rename extraction variable
Rename selectors type
Reorganize sidebar components
Switch to dark color scheme
Add tooltips to buttons
Move delete confirmation to sidebar
[breaking] Modify ScrapeConfig