diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 644f7fa4..3c738025 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ for the first time. * Automatic thumbnail generation for pictures * Use cloud providers (like Octopart, Digikey, Farnell, LCSC or TME) to automatically get part information, datasheets, and prices for parts -* Retrieve part information from arbitrary shop websites, using either conventional data extraction from structured metadata, or AI based data extraction +* Retrieve part information from arbitrary shop websites, using either conventional data extraction from structured metadata, or AI based data extraction. +A browser plugin allows to quickly submit parts from any website to your Part-DB instance, and even allows to circumvent anti-bot measures on shop websites. * API to access Part-DB from other applications/scripts * [Integration with KiCad](https://docs.part-db.de/usage/eda_integration.html): Use Part-DB as the central datasource for your KiCad and see available parts from Part-DB directly inside KiCad. diff --git a/docs/usage/information_provider_system.md b/docs/usage/information_provider_system.md index 223771c0..4b5e2b22 100644 --- a/docs/usage/information_provider_system.md +++ b/docs/usage/information_provider_system.md @@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ the parts you want to update. In the bulk actions dropdown select "Bulk info pro You will be redirected to a page, where you can select how part fields should be mapped to info provider fields, and the results will be shown. +## Browser plugin +There is a browser plugin available for [Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/part-db-page-submitter/bckkfkpidiiibmjdhjakleoagjmepioi) and [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/part-db-page-submitter/) +that allows to submit a website from your browser with one click to Part-DB, which then utilizes the Generic Web URL or the AI Web Provider to extract the part information from the page and pre-fill the part creation form. +The advantage is that it also works for pages behind logins, CAPTCHAs, or bot-blocking sites, as the plugin sends the already loaded page HTML to Part-DB. +The plugin is open source and available on [GitHub](https://github.com/Part-DB/browser-plugin). + +To use it install it in your browser, enable one or more of the web page providers in Part-DB and allow the plugin support +in Part-DB settings. After that you can submit any product page to Part-DB with one click and the part creation form will be pre-filled with the information from the page. + ## Data providers The system tries to be as flexible as possible, so many different information sources can be used.