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scrapy genspider

scrapy genspider creates a new spider from a template. It needs a spider name and a domain or URL, and it can run without a Scrapy project.

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Syntax

scrapy genspider [-t template] <name> <domain or URL>

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Source: Command line tool — Scrapy 2.19.0 documentation. Checked 2026-11-03.