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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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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