How to export a webpage list to CSV
Directories and resource pages often display records as repeating cards instead of a table. Smart Data Extractor can turn suitable repeating lists into rows for a CSV file.
Collect and review a repeating list
- Install Smart Data Extractor and open the page you want to work with.
- Load the relevant content, then click the extension toolbar icon.
- Choose a suggested list area, or manually select an area that contains the repeating records.
- Compare several preview rows with the source cards. Where a field needs correction, pick the field on the page and review the change across all rows.
- Rename and reorder columns to match your spreadsheet. Hide fields you do not need.
- Choose CSV export and save the file. Import it into Excel, Google Sheets or another spreadsheet tool and review the columns.
Handle uneven cards
Some records may omit a subtitle, link or image address. Missing fields remain empty. Check that each column represents the same type of value across multiple rows; a visually similar layout does not always have consistent HTML structure.
List extraction limits
Each extraction includes up to 100 data rows and 40 fields. Only already-loaded main-document content is read. There is no automatic pagination, scrolling, detail-page crawling, iframe or website Shadow DOM extraction. Virtualized lists include only records currently present in the page DOM.
Image addresses are exported as text; the extension does not download the images. It does not follow each card to extract a detail page.
Need only the links?
For a simple URL list, use Smart Link Grabber’s link-to-CSV workflow. Use Smart Data Extractor when you want multiple fields from each record.
Add Smart Data Extractor to Chrome