

Straton Owain
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Straton Owain posted a new post. 6 months ago
Scraping Water Bottle Trends from Larq with JavaScript & Firebase: Collecting Product Features, UV-C Purification Tech Insights, and Customer RatingsScrape Larq water bottle trends using JavaScript & Firebase. Gather product features, UV-C purification insights, and customer ratings efficiently.
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Straton Owain posted a new post. 7 months ago
Mining Classified Ads from Sahibinden Using PHP & MySQL: Extracting Real Estate Listings, Car Prices, and Seller Information for Market InsightsExtract real estate listings, car prices, and seller info from Sahibinden using PHP & MySQL for market insights. Efficiently mine classified ads data.
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Straton Owain posted a new post. 7 months ago
Monitoring NVIDIA RTX 5070 Stock on ANTOnline Using Python & MySQL: Extracting Availability, Discounts, and Seller ListingsTrack NVIDIA RTX 5070 stock on ANTOnline with Python & MySQL. Extract availability, discounts, and seller listings efficiently.
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Straton Owain posted a new post. 7 months ago
Extracting Sustainable Footwear Data from Allbirds Using Python & PostgreSQL: Tracking Product Prices, Customer Reviews, and New ArrivalsLearn to extract sustainable footwear data from Allbirds using Python & PostgreSQL, tracking prices, customer reviews, and new arrivals efficiently.
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Straton Owain posted a new post. 7 months ago
Crawling IKEA with Rust & MongoDB: Extracting Furniture Prices, Product Availability, and Customer Ratings for Retail ResearchExplore extracting IKEA furniture data using Rust & MongoDB for retail research, focusing on prices, availability, and customer ratings.
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Straton Owain replied to the discussion Is Python really the best language for web scraping, or should I consider altern in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
Is Python really the best language for web scraping, or should I consider altern
I primarily use Python because of its community support and tools, but for sites with complex anti-bot measures, I sometimes switch to R for specialized parsing functions or use Rust when speed is critical.
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Straton Owain replied to the discussion What are the most reliable ways to detect website blocks before scraping? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
What are the most reliable ways to detect website blocks before scraping?
Try loading pages in a headless browser to check for JavaScript traps. If the site redirects to a ‘we’re watching you’ page or doesn’t render correctly, you may be blocked. Simple checks like these can help.
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Straton Owain replied to the discussion How do I identify hidden APIs that might be easier to scrape? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
How do I identify hidden APIs that might be easier to scrape?
Sometimes, the API endpoint is hinted at in the page’s HTML source. A quick search for URLs or ‘endpoint’ keywords can reveal hidden paths.
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Straton Owain replied to the discussion How can I optimize my scraping code for faster performance? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
How can I optimize my scraping code for faster performance?
Use efficient parsers. Lxml and BeautifulSoup’s lxml parser are faster than BeautifulSoup’s default parser. For large datasets, I opt for lxml for speed.
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Straton Owain replied to the discussion How can I manage session-based scraping effectively? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
How can I manage session-based scraping effectively?
Another trick is to rotate through multiple user sessions. Each session can then have its own set of cookies, avoiding overloading a single session.
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