Basics
Explore the fundamentals of web scraping. From understanding what web scraping is and how it works, to learning essential techniques and tools, this category is perfect for beginners.
Jul 26, 2022
Web Scraping Without Getting Blocked
To reduce the number of bots using the site, developers use IP address recognition, HTTP request headers checking, CAPTCHA, and other methods to detect bot traffic. However, it is still possible to bypass. To do this, you need to follow some rules during scraping.
- Basics
Jul 18, 2022
The Best Programming Languages for Web Scraping
There are ten programming languages which are used for web scraping: Python, Ruby, Node.JS, GoLang, Perl, PHP, C#, C&C++, Java and Rust. The choice of a suitable language depends on its capabilities, convenience and the tools it provides.
- Basics
- Tools and Libraries
Jul 11, 2022
How to Use Web Scraping in E-Commerce for Strategic Marketing & Advertising Decisions
As a data extraction method, web scraping allows companies to track competitors' activities, automate workflows, optimize existing products and launch new ones based on consumer behavior and requirements.
- E-commerce
- Use Cases
- Basics
Jun 13, 2022
5 Chrome DevTools Tips & Tricks for Scraping
DevTools is a set of developer utilities that are built into the browser and make one's work more comfortable. This article will describe 5 tips & tricks for Chrome DevTools that we use for scraping and developing frontend or backend applications.
- Basics
- Tools and Libraries
Jun 10, 2022
The Ultimate CSS Selectors Cheat Sheet for Web Scraping
Each site has its own structure, which contains elements of the same type. For their web scraping, CSS selectors are useful. They are used for selecting elements of the same type on all pages of the website.
- Basics
Jun 8, 2022
Web Scraping in Real Estate: Use Cases & Data Sources
Real estate web scraping is the collection of real estate and consumer data from web pages to identify vacant properties, analyze consumer needs, investment opportunities, and price optimization.
- Basics
- Real Estate
- Use Cases
Jun 2, 2022
The 7 Best Free Proxies for Web Scraping
You can't do web scraping without proxies on a large scale. And the main reason is that you won't get through the restrictions on multiple requests to a site from a single IP address without a proxy.
- Basics
May 23, 2022
Web Scraping vs API: The Best Way to Extract Data
Web Scraping API is another way to get HTML pages and solves several problems in the process, such as proxy configuration, infrastructure support and blocking bypass.
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May 12, 2022
Web Scraping: What It Is and How to Use It
Web scraping is the process of automated content and data gathering on the Internet. Typically, it uses software that simulates human web surfing to extract data. The resulting data is stored in a local file for later viewing and analysis.
- Basics