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Darrell Terpsichore replied to the discussion How to avoid IP bans while scraping heavily trafficked sites? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How to avoid IP bans while scraping heavily trafficked sites?
Implement a rate-limiting feature in your scraper. By controlling the request speed, you avoid overwhelming the server.
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Darrell Terpsichore replied to the discussion How do you handle pagination when scraping websites? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How do you handle pagination when scraping websites?
I typically inspect the pagination structure to see if there’s a predictable pattern in the URL (e.g., page=2). I then increment the page number until there’s no more data, which stops the script when all pages are scraped.
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Darrell Terpsichore started the discussion How do I scrape geolocation-based content or location-specific data? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
How do I scrape geolocation-based content or location-specific data?
Use proxies with geolocation features to make your requests appear from different locations.
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Kavi Zenaida replied to the discussion How do you scrape dynamic tables that use JavaScript on a webpage? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How do you scrape dynamic tables that use JavaScript on a webpage?
Check if the table data is fetched from an API—often, you can bypass the rendering and query the API directly.
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Kavi Zenaida replied to the discussion How do I scrape data from an online form with hidden fields? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
Reply to How do I scrape data from an online form with hidden fields?
You can also grab the hidden field values using BeautifulSoup and submit them via requests.
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Kavi Zenaida started the discussion How do I scrape data from government or public record sites? in the forum General Web Scraping a year ago
How do I scrape data from government or public record sites?
Government websites often have APIs available, so check if one exists before scraping.
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