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Iraida Anicetus replied to the discussion What’s the best way to scrape e-commerce sites for product specifications? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to What’s the best way to scrape e-commerce sites for product specifications?
Using BeautifulSoup for simple product pages with static HTML works well for grabbing titles, prices, and descriptions.
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Iraida Anicetus replied to the discussion What are the best practices for scraping financial data from news or stock site? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to What are the best practices for scraping financial data from news or stock site?
Many financial sites offer RSS feeds with headline summaries. Parsing these feeds reduces the need to scrape individual pages directly.
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Iraida Anicetus replied to the discussion How do I handle sites that block based on unusual request patterns? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How do I handle sites that block based on unusual request patterns?
Using dynamic IPs from different locations is another way to vary patterns and reduce detection based on access frequency.
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Iraida Anicetus started the discussion Tips for scraping Zalando e-commerce data using Python? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Tips for scraping Zalando e-commerce data using Python?
Use requests and BeautifulSoup for static content like product titles, prices, and descriptions, as Zalando’s HTML structure is relatively consistent.
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Jaana Lorn replied to the discussion How do I handle CAPTCHA challenges that vary in difficulty or type? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How do I handle CAPTCHA challenges that vary in difficulty or type?
Some headless browsers like Playwright handle basic CAPTCHAs with user interaction but can struggle with more complex ones.
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Jaana Lorn replied to the discussion What are the best practices for scraping financial data from news or stock site? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to What are the best practices for scraping financial data from news or stock site?
For news data, I prioritize only the key fields, like headlines and timestamps, to keep requests lightweight and avoid bans.
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Jaana Lorn replied to the discussion How do I handle sites that block based on unusual request patterns? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How do I handle sites that block based on unusual request patterns?
Setting the script to take breaks at random intervals mimics real user behavior and helps avoid blocks on monitored sites.
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Jaana Lorn started the discussion How to track e-commerce growth in Asia using Lazada, Shopee, and Tokopedia? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
How to track e-commerce growth in Asia using Lazada, Shopee, and Tokopedia?
By monitoring new listings and category growth on each platform, I can see which areas, like electronics or home goods, are expanding most quickly.
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