Question 1

How to upload a list of tasks?

Accepted Answer

Wanna launch a squid with 100+ of tasks but tired of adding it manually?

In this quick help article, we will learn how to upload a list of tasks from a CSV file.

We will do this in 3 simple steps:

Identify the column label
Create the file
Upload

First, we will identify the column label we need to add to our file.

click on settings icon

Then, mouse over the Upload file button. Here is the column label you need!

mouse over upload file button to identify column label

In our example, for Google Maps Export Reviews, it is url. Let’s keep it, we will need it for the next step.

Second, let’s build our file:

In the first cell, the value of our label e.g. url
Below, all our tasks

build your csv file

And save your file. Here, we will name it tasksDemo.csv.

Endly, click on Upload file, and upload your file:

upload the csv file

SUCCESS: 19 tasks imported.

Congrats!

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Question 2

Information about the Lobstr email discovery service

Accepted Answer

The Lobstr email discovery service finds professional and verified email addresses. It uses the information you scrape from LinkedIn.

When you download your dataset, you will find a dedicated email column:

dataset with lobstr email enrichment

All the emails are server verified.

It means that we have sent an email to the email we propose to you. And it has been successfully received by the recipient.

You can use it with absolute peace of mind.

How much does it cost?

Lobstr email credits are offered with monthly/yearly subscriptions.

300 email credits for 0 EUR (!!)
3000 email credits for 50 EUR
15000 email credits for 250 EUR
30000 email credits for 500 EUR

Feel free to check our Pricing Page to get more information:

pricing lobstr email credits

What can I do with 1 email credit?

1 email credit = 1 verified email address.

The percentage of emails found depends on the type of enterprise the profile belongs to.

80%+ with large companies and startups 30 to 50% with SMEs 2 to 5% with freelancers or independent companies

If you want to find email addresses of independent or freelancers, don’t use our tool.

Can I have personal email addresses?

We do **not provid

Question 3

How to convert a CSV file to Excel?

Accepted Answer

Have you tried to open a CSV file of scraped data but just gathered a bunch of unreadable data?

csv file opened with excel looking terrible

In this short help article, we will see how to convert a CSV file into a clean Excel file.

With 3 easy steps:

Create a Google Spreadsheet
Upload the CSV
Export to Excel format

Let’s deep dive in.

Create a Google Spreadsheet

To create a new spreadsheet:

Open the Sheets home screen at sheets.google.com
Click New +. This will create and open your new spreadsheet.

click the + button to create a new spreadsheet

Upload the CSV

To upload the CSV:

Click on File
Click on Import

click on file and import

Click on Upload
Click on Browse. Choose the file you want to upload.

click on upload and browse

Click on Import data. It will create a new file with all your data.

click on import data

Export to

Question 4

How to export data to GoogleSheet?

Accepted Answer

You want to export data to a collaborative GoogleSheet — but you don’t want to painfully download and re-upload from a CSV?

In this short article, we will see how to export data scraped on lobstr on automated to a GoogleSheet.

auto export data from a lobstr squid to a googlesheet

Complete Video

Here is a complete video, with all steps you do need to follow.

https://www.loom.com/share/2bdf4bcbffc3462a8be1a7546c103f55

Step-by-step Instructions

We will enable auto-export to GoogleSheet in 3 simple steps:

Update GoogleSheet settings
Attach the GoogleSheet to the lobstr Squid
Specify the scope of delivery

Update GoogleSheet settings

First, go on GoogleSheet, and create a new sheet.

create a new googlesheet

Now, we will update the settings of the GoogleSheet, so that the GoogleSheet can be modified by anyone.

Included the powerful lobstr scrapers.

First click on Share.

click on share googlesheet

Then, in General access, click on Anyone with the link.

![in general access cli

Question 5

How to use your daily credits across multiple days?

Accepted Answer

Wanna scrape 10K+ business listings from Google Maps, but you’re limited by your daily credits limit?

In this short help article, we will see how to use your daily credits across multiple days.

run is done because of no credit left but you still have work to do

With 2 easy steps:

Update When to end run Settings
Restart collection

Let’s deep dive in.

Update When to end run Settings

The current error is due to the fact that, by default, the scraper stops the run once the day's credits have been used up.

Here, the scraper has collected 7 items, there are no more credits, it stops.

no credit left so the scraper stops here

How can I make the scraper pause and start again the next day?

It's very simple:

Go to cluster settings
Go to Settings section
Select End run once all tasks consumed

set end run once all tasks consumed

Then press Save & Exit. What's next?

Restart collection

Now go to your scraper area and restart the collection.

The scraper will collect as much data as possible. Once the data has been collected, the scraper will:

Pause
Restart the next day where it left

Question 6

How to synchronize a new account?

Accepted Answer

It happens that data is accessible only behind a login wall

i.e. to scrape data, we need first to login to your account.

In this article we will see how to synchronize a new third-party account on lobstr.io.

Complete Video

Here is a complete video, with all steps you do need to follow.

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https://www.loom.com/share/a71fc7064d8a41d3ba3affd41f68f0b5

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Step-by-step Instructions

To synchronize your account, here are the steps to follow.

Download the lobstr.io add-on
Login on the third-party account
Synchronize from the lobstr.io Dashboard

Let’s deep dive in.

Download the lobstr.io add-on

First, we need to download the lobstr.io add-on.

Go on the Google Chrome Store page accessible here:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lobstrio-account-sync/oelngbppodofbbffdicjmmmnhgcchokd

And download the add-on.

download the lobstr.io add-on

Important privacy notice: We do never store your username or password. Instead, the add-on securely stores your login cookies for continued seamless browsing with your account.

Well done!

Login on the third-party account

Second, go on the third-party website you want to plug to lobstr.io, and simply login.

For inst

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