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Todor Pavel replied to the discussion How to scrape product details from Overstock.com using Python? in the forum General Web Scraping 12 months ago
Reply to How to scrape product details from Overstock.com using Python?
Rotating user-agent headers and proxies is vital for large-scale scraping to prevent blocks. Overstock monitors traffic for abnormal patterns, and these techniques help mimic real user behavior. Using libraries like fake_useragent or services like Scrapy’s proxy middleware can be beneficial.
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Todor Pavel started the discussion What details can I scrape from EconoLodge.com hotel listings using Ruby? in the forum General Web Scraping 12 months ago
What details can I scrape from EconoLodge.com hotel listings using Ruby?
Scraping hotel listings from EconoLodge.com using Ruby allows you to extract information such as hotel names, prices, and availability. Ruby’s open-uri library for HTTP requests and nokogiri for parsing HTML makes the scraping process straightforward. Below is a sample script for scraping hotel information from EconoLodge.
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Anne Santhosh replied to the discussion Compare PHP and Python for scraping categories from The Warehouse New Zealand in the forum General Web Scraping 12 months ago
Reply to Compare PHP and Python for scraping categories from The Warehouse New Zealand
Python’s BeautifulSoup library is more versatile, offering a cleaner API for navigating and extracting data from HTML. Additionally, Python’s ecosystem includes advanced tools like Selenium or Playwright for handling dynamic content if needed.
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Anne Santhosh replied to the discussion Which is better: Python or Ruby for scraping product reviews from eBay? in the forum General Web Scraping 12 months ago
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Ruby’s Nokogiri is lightweight and simple to use, making it ideal for beginners or for scraping static HTML. However, it may struggle with dynamic content without additional libraries like Watir.
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Anne Santhosh started the discussion How can I scrape stock prices from Robinhood.com using Python? in the forum General Web Scraping 12 months ago
How can I scrape stock prices from Robinhood.com using Python?
Scraping stock prices from Robinhood.com using Python can provide valuable insights into current market trends, prices, and stock details. Python’s requests library can handle fetching the page content, and BeautifulSoup can parse the HTML to extract data like stock names, prices, and percent changes. Below is an example script for scraping…
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Fiachna Iyabo replied to the discussion Compare Python and Node.js to scrape product reviews from Momo Taiwan in the forum General Web Scraping 12 months ago
Reply to Compare Python and Node.js to scrape product reviews from Momo Taiwan
Python has a simpler learning curve and a vast ecosystem of scraping libraries, making it an excellent choice for beginners. Node.js, while slightly more complex for scraping, is ideal for developers already familiar with JavaScript.
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