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It add functionality to 4CAT by utilizing [Selenium](https://www.selenium.dev/) along with a [Firefox browser](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/) to collect data from web sources.\n\n# Features\n## New datasources\n### General web studies\n- Selenium URL Collector\n  - Collect HTML, text, and links from a list of URLs\n- Web Archive Collector\n  - Use [Web Archive's Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/) to collect archives of a URL over time\n- Screenshot Generator\n  - Take screenshots of web pages\n### App store studies\n- Apple Store\n  - Collect data on [Apple's](https://www.apple.com) apps\n- Google Store\n  - Collect data on [Google's](https://play.google.com/store/apps) apps\n### Cloud app store studies\n-  Microsoft Azure App Store\n   - Collect data on [Microsoft Azure](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-US/) applications\n-  Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace\n   - Collect data on [AWS](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-US/) applications\n\n## New analysis processors\n- Take screenshots of any column containing URLs\n- Detect trackers\n  - Provide a list of various source code to search for in collected HTML\n \n# Installation\nThese extensions are designed to work with [4CAT v1.46](https://github.com/digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat/releases/tag/v1.46) or later.\n\nFor instructions on adding the \"I do not care about cookies\" browser extension, [see below](https://github.com/digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat_web_studies_extensions/blob/main/README.md#browser-extensions).\n## Docker installation\n1. Download/clone extensions into both 4CAT backend and frontend containers\n  - `docker exec 4cat_backend git clone https://github.com/digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat_web_studies_extensions.git extensions/web_studies/`\n  - `docker exec 4cat_frontend git clone https://github.com/digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat_web_studies_extensions.git extensions/web_studies/`\n2. Restart 4CAT containers\n  - `docker compose restart` from 4CAT directory where `docker-compose.yml` and `.env` files were previously downloaded\n  - This will automatically install necessary dependencies, Firefox, and Geckodriver\n3. Activate desired new datasources from the 4CAT Control Panel\n  - Control Panel -\u003e Settings -\u003e Data sources\n\n## Direct/manual installation\n1. Download or clone this repository and copy the folders into the `extensions` folder in your 4CAT directory\n  - `git clone https://github.com/digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat_web_studies_extensions.git extensions/web_studies/`\n2. 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