Setting a Maximum URL Length

The MaxUrlLen property prevents the spider from retrieving URLs that grow too long. The default value of MaxUrlLen is 300.

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import chilkat

# The Chilkat Spider component/library is free.
spider = chilkat.CkSpider()

spider.Initialize("www.chilkatsoft.com")

# Add the 1st URL:
spider.AddUnspidered("http://www.chilkatsoft.com/")

# This example demonstrates setting the MaxUrlLen property
# Do not add URLs longer than 250 characters to the "unspidered" queue:
spider.put_MaxUrlLen(250)

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