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What are the benefits of using Selenium for web scraping vs. API scraping?
Selenium is useful when there’s no API available, or the data is hidden behind JavaScript.
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APIs are generally faster and more reliable than scraping with Selenium, which requires loading full web pages.
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Selenium can handle more complex interactions, like filling out forms and clicking buttons, which APIs can’t.
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