Dewayne Rune
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Dewayne Rune replied to the discussion How to scrape restaurant menus and prices from online food delivery platforms? in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
How to scrape restaurant menus and prices from online food delivery platforms?
Using Puppeteer to interact with dropdowns and filters ensures I capture all menu items, even those hidden behind dynamic elements.
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Dewayne Rune replied to the discussion Scraping prices and availability from travel booking websites in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
Scraping prices and availability from travel booking websites
To handle anti-scraping measures, I rotate proxies and add delays between requests. This reduces the likelihood of my scraper being flagged or blocked.
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Dewayne Rune replied to the discussion How to scrape restaurant menus and prices from online food delivery platforms? in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
How to scrape restaurant menus and prices from online food delivery platforms?
For dynamic updates, I use modular code that isolates the scraping logic for each section of the menu. This makes it easy to update when the platform changes its layout.
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Dewayne Rune replied to the discussion Scraping prices and availability from travel booking websites in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
Scraping prices and availability from travel booking websites
Using network traffic inspection, I rely on APIs whenever possible. It’s more reliable and avoids the need to constantly adapt to layout changes.
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Dewayne Rune replied to the discussion How to scrape product images from an online store? in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
How to scrape product images from an online store?
For large-scale projects, I use multithreading to download multiple images simultaneously. This speeds up the process significantly compared to sequential downloads.
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Dewayne Rune replied to the discussion How can you extract movie titles and ratings from a streaming site? in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
How can you extract movie titles and ratings from a streaming site?
I use rotating proxies and headers to mimic human behavior. This helps avoid detection when scraping multiple movie details across a site.
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Dewayne Rune replied to the discussion Extracting author names and publication dates from blog articles in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
Extracting author names and publication dates from blog articles
For inconsistent metadata, I write conditional logic in my scraper to handle different cases. For example, I check for multiple possible class names or fallback values if the author name is missing.
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Dewayne Rune replied to the discussion How do you scrape sports scores from a live scoreboard website? in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
How do you scrape sports scores from a live scoreboard website?
I use WebSocket libraries like websocket-client in Python to directly connect to live data streams. This avoids the need for repeated page refreshes.
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Dewayne Rune replied to the discussion How to scrape real estate listings from property websites? in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
How to scrape real estate listings from property websites?
When dealing with large datasets, I use pagination to systematically scrape all pages. This ensures no listings are missed, even if they’re spread across multiple pages.
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