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Ace Arash replied to the discussion What’s the best way to scrape financial data from Yahoo Finance? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to What’s the best way to scrape financial data from Yahoo Finance?
I track stock prices in high-demand sectors, like tech or energy, and save data over time to analyze market trends without overloading Yahoo’s servers.
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Ace Arash started the discussion How to detect new products on e-commerce sites without scraping all pages? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
How to detect new products on e-commerce sites without scraping all pages?
Many sites have “new arrivals” sections that can be monitored with a targeted scraper, saving time compared to scanning all categories.
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Abioye Blaga replied to the discussion How do I extract text from images or infographics? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How do I extract text from images or infographics?
Google Vision API is very accurate, though it’s a paid option. It handles complex images and varying fonts better than most free tools.
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Abioye Blaga replied to the discussion What’s the most efficient way to handle scraped data in multiple languages? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to What’s the most efficient way to handle scraped data in multiple languages?
Translating key phrases or headers first helps organize data into categories before translating full content.
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Abioye Blaga replied to the discussion What’s the best way to scrape map-based data from websites? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to What’s the best way to scrape map-based data from websites?
Automated click scripts in Selenium can mimic map interactions, like panning and zooming, to retrieve data across different views.
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Abioye Blaga replied to the discussion How can I scrape multi-step verification processes? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How can I scrape multi-step verification processes?
Manually inputting OTP codes can sometimes be the most reliable method, but I limit this to important scrapes that don’t need frequent access.
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Abioye Blaga replied to the discussion How do I scrape data from sites using custom fonts or icons? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How do I scrape data from sites using custom fonts or icons?
Browser dev tools often have font viewers that show what each custom character represents, making it easier to match characters.
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Abioye Blaga started the discussion How can I scrape product listings from Rakuten Japan using Python? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
How can I scrape product listings from Rakuten Japan using Python?
I use Requests and BeautifulSoup to scrape static elements like product titles, prices, and categories on Rakuten Japan’s main product pages.
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