Michael Woo
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Michael Woo replied to the discussion How to scrape restaurant data from DoorDash.com using Python? in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
How to scrape restaurant data from DoorDash.com using Python?
Adding pagination handling is crucial for collecting data from all restaurant listings on DoorDash. Restaurants are often distributed across multiple pages, and automating navigation ensures a complete dataset. Random delays between requests mimic human browsing behavior and reduce detection risks. Pagination functionality enhances the scraper’s…
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Michael Woo replied to the discussion Scraping flight details using Go for performance efficiency in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
Scraping flight details using Go for performance efficiency
I use Go’s goroutines to scrape multiple endpoints simultaneously, ensuring high performance even for large datasets. Adding proper error handling ensures smooth operation.
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Michael Woo replied to the discussion Use Go to scrape product categories from Media Markt Poland in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
Use Go to scrape product categories from Media Markt Poland
Saving the scraped categories to a database or file, such as JSON or CSV, would make the data easier to analyze and integrate with other systems. This would be particularly useful for building a product classification system.
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Michael Woo replied to the discussion How to scrape electronics prices from Euronics.de using JavaScript? in the forum General Web Scraping 2 weeks ago
How to scrape electronics prices from Euronics.de using JavaScript?
Adding advanced error logging to the scraper enhances its functionality. Detailed logs provide insights into issues encountered during scraping, such as failed requests or missing elements. This information helps in refining the script and ensuring reliable operation. Combining logs with automated retries for failed requests improves…
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Michael Woo started the discussion Which is better: Python or Ruby for scraping product reviews from eBay? in the forum General Web Scraping 6 weeks ago
Which is better: Python or Ruby for scraping product reviews from eBay?
Scraping product reviews from eBay can be a challenging yet rewarding task. Python and Ruby are both popular choices for web scraping, but which one works better for this purpose? Python is known for its powerful scraping libraries like BeautifulSoup and Scrapy, making it ideal for handling static and dynamic content. Ruby, on the other…
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Michael Woo started the discussion Extract discounts, product reviews, seller details from The Entertainer UK -PHP in the forum General Web Scraping 6 weeks ago
Extract discounts, product reviews, seller details from The Entertainer UK -PHP
Scraping limited-time discounts, product reviews, and seller details from The Entertainer UK involves using PHP with the Guzzle HTTP client to fetch the webpage content and DOMDocument for HTML parsing. Limited-time discounts are usually displayed prominently on the product page or within banners on the site, often marked with text like…
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Michael Woo started the discussion Scrape product reviews, pricing, and categories from Currys UK with Python in the forum General Web Scraping 6 weeks ago
Scrape product reviews, pricing, and categories from Currys UK with Python
Scraping data from Currys UK, a leading electronics retailer, involves extracting key information like product reviews, pricing, and categories to build insights or automate certain workflows. This process is done using Python, where libraries like requests and BeautifulSoup come into play. The first step is to identify the URL structure for…
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Michael Woo replied to the discussion How can I scrape travel deals from JTB Japan using Java? in the forum General Web Scraping 6 weeks ago
How can I scrape travel deals from JTB Japan using Java?
To scrape travel deals from JTB Japan using Java, you can use the popular Jsoup library, which simplifies HTML parsing and web scraping in Java. Below is a basic example of how to scrape the data from a webpage (in this case, JTB Japan), keeping in mind that you need to comply with their robots.txt and any legal guidelines…
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Michael Woo replied to the discussion What’s the best tool for scraping JavaScript-heavy websites? in the forum General Web Scraping 2 months ago
What’s the best tool for scraping JavaScript-heavy websites?
Selenium works too, but it’s slower and can be more cumbersome for complex JavaScript interactions.
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