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    What are the benefits of using Selenium for web scraping vs. API scraping?

    Posted by Nora Rhys on 11/04/2024 at 4:51 pm

    Selenium is useful when there’s no API available, or the data is hidden behind JavaScript.

    Kelebogile Mahendra replied 5 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Nanna Pankaj

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    11/07/2024 at 12:02 pm

    APIs are generally faster and more reliable than scraping with Selenium, which requires loading full web pages.

  • Kelebogile Mahendra

    Member
    11/09/2024 at 8:06 am

    Selenium can handle more complex interactions, like filling out forms and clicking buttons, which APIs can’t.

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