Import.io is a quick, simple and free browser-based visual web crawler, no coding requred. The tool makes web data extraction as easy as possible, allowing to focus on utilizing the crawled data. Import.io offers an app for data extraction, real-time data retrieval, data manipulation tools, a vast knowledge base and high quality support. The functionality seems to be more advanced vs Kimono (a similar popular tool that no longer exists). Go for it to scrape data from one or multiple URLs and websites (even if they don’t have an API or RSS) and store it in the spreadsheet (CSV) or JSON format or build your own crawlers.

Import.io tools:

1. Magic (Basic)
2. Extractor (Basic)
3. Crawler (Advanced)
4. Connector (Advanced)

Import.io features:

• Quick and simple data extraction: create your own datasets in minutes, no coding required
• Easy: No coding required, just point and click
• Quick: Build your own API in minutes, not days
• Unlimited: Build one or 1,000 APIs, it’s up to you
• Portable data: The data is yours, use it where you want it
• Smart Extraction: algorithms automatically extract the most important data from the website
• Bulk Extract: create one Extractor and paste in a list of URLs to get data from 1,000s of similar pages
• Scheduled APIs (coming soon): Need data every day, week, month? Get the freshest possible data by running your APIs on a schedule

Import.io use cases:

• Power your app – give your users live information from the source
• Launch your startup or project, promoting it to relevant people
• Gather data for journalism – break the next big story with data from the web
• Analyze and visualize – create a data viz or plug into a data model
• Scrape your competitor’s blog or website to find their best content
• Find your competitor’s most shared or most commented content
• Generate leads
• Research the market to start your new business