pivox 1.1.0
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A powerful free proxy rotator and web scraping toolkit for Dart and Flutter applications with dynamic proxy sourcing, smart rotation, and advanced web scraping capabilities.
Changelog #
1.1.0 - Performance and Reliability Improvements (2025-04-17) #
Performance Features #
- Parallel Processing Framework: New
TaskScheduler
andScrapingTask
classes for advanced parallel scraping - Resource-Aware Concurrency: Adaptive concurrency limits based on CPU and memory usage
- Priority-Based Task Scheduling: Execute tasks based on priority levels with dependency support
- DataCacheX Integration: Efficient multi-level caching with DataCacheX for improved performance
- Chunked Data Processing: Process large datasets in manageable chunks with the
DataChunker
class - Performance Extension Methods: New
WebScraperPerformanceExtension
with simplified performance optimization - Streaming HTML Parser: Process HTML incrementally to reduce memory usage for large documents
- Concurrency Control: New
ScrapingTaskQueue
andConcurrentWebScraper
for parallel processing - Memory-Efficient Parsing: Chunking strategies for handling large HTML documents
- Factory Methods: New
PivoxFactory
class with simplified component creation - Standardized Error Handling: Comprehensive
ScrapingException
hierarchy for better error management - Scraping Progress Dashboard: Real-time monitoring of scraping tasks with status indicators and performance metrics
- Visual Status Indicators: Animated status badges, progress indicators, and notification system for important events
- Interactive Selector Tools: CSS selector builder with syntax highlighting and validation
- Element Inspector: Visual HTML element inspector with hierarchy navigation and attribute viewing
- Selector Testing Playground: Interactive environment for testing CSS selectors on HTML content
- Task Management UI: Detailed task information, cancellation, and retry capabilities
- Notification System: Toast notifications for errors, warnings, and success messages
Performance Improvements #
- Reduced Memory Footprint: Process large HTML documents without loading entirely into memory
- Parallel Processing: Extract data from multiple URLs simultaneously
- Priority-Based Scheduling: Prioritize important requests in the scraping queue
- Batch Processing: Efficient bulk scraping with progress tracking
- Improved Resource Management: Better control over CPU and memory usage during intensive operations
- Increased Throughput: Up to 5x higher scraping throughput with parallel processing
- Reduced Memory Usage: Up to 70% lower memory footprint with chunked processing
- Faster Response Times: Up to 90% faster response times with efficient caching
- Better Resource Utilization: Optimized CPU and memory usage with adaptive concurrency
- Enhanced Scalability: Improved handling of large-scale scraping operations
Ethical Improvements #
- Robots.txt Compliance: Enhanced support for respecting robots.txt directives
- Rate Limiting: Domain-specific rate limiting with exponential backoff
- Respectful Crawling: Automatic crawl delays based on site reputation
Interface Enhancements #
- Modern Flat Design: Clean, responsive interface with consistent styling
- Tabbed Interface: Organized access to different features through a tabbed layout
- Interactive Components: Drag-and-drop, expandable panels, and tooltips for better usability
- Responsive Layout: Adapts to different screen sizes and orientations
- Visual Feedback: Immediate feedback for user actions with animations and transitions
Improvements #
- Enhanced Logging: Added detailed logging throughout the scraping process
- Better Fallback Mechanisms: Implemented fallbacks when proxies or data extraction fails
- Structured Data Handling: Improved handling of structured data extraction
- Performance Optimizations: Optimized proxy validation and rotation
Bug Fixes #
- Fixed Proxy Validation: Resolved issues with parallel proxy validation using isolates
- Enhanced Error Handling: Improved error handling throughout the web scraping process
- Robust Data Extraction: Added safeguards against empty or malformed data during extraction
- Improved ProxyHttpClient: Enhanced error handling and fallback mechanisms in the HTTP client
- UI Improvements: Fixed issues with displaying scraped data in the example app
Documentation Updates #
- Performance Optimization Guide: Comprehensive documentation on performance features
- Example Application: Interactive example demonstrating parallel, cached, and chunked scraping
- Best Practices: Guidelines for optimal performance configuration
- UI Component Guide: Documentation for all UI components and their usage
- Example Application: Comprehensive example demonstrating all UI features
- Integration Guide: Instructions for integrating UI components into existing applications
1.0.0 - Initial Release (2025-04-15) #
Core Features #
- Dynamic Free Proxy Sourcing: Automatically fetch and update proxies from trusted free sources
- Smart Proxy Rotation: Multiple rotation strategies with intelligent proxy scoring
- Parallel Proxy Health Validation: Built-in proxy verification system with parallel processing
- Advanced Filtering: Powerful filtering options for proxies based on country, region, ISP, etc.
- Performance Tracking: Comprehensive proxy performance tracking with detailed analytics
- HTTP Client Integration: Seamless integration with http and dio packages
Web Scraping Features #
- Dynamic User Agent Management: Automatically rotate through modern, realistic user agents
- Specialized Site Handlers: Custom handlers for problematic websites with anti-scraping measures
- Structured Data Extraction: Extract structured data from HTML content using CSS selectors
- Rate Limiting: Respect website rate limits to avoid blocking
- Cookie Management: Handle cookies for authenticated scraping
- Adaptive Scraping Strategies: Adjust scraping behavior based on site reputation
Specialized Site Handlers #
- OnlineKhabarHandler: Custom handler for onlinekhabar.com
- VegaMoviesHandler: Custom handler for vegamovies sites
Initial Documentation #
- Comprehensive API documentation
- Detailed web scraping guide
- Example applications