I identify the JSON or XML responses of AJAX calls to pull out data directly, avoiding the need to render the entire page.

Tabula is another great tool for extracting tables from PDFs. I use it to pull tabular data into a structured format for further processing.

Managing reusable tokens is essential for avoiding repeated 2FA steps, which works especially well on sites that offer “Remember this device” options.

Standardizing units (like kg vs. lbs) during the scraping process ensures that data can be analyzed consistently.

BeautifulSoup works well for capturing static review elements, while Selenium helps with dynamically loaded content, such as images and ratings.