

Herakles Urias
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Herakles Urias replied to the discussion How can I scrape embedded data from audio or video content? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
How can I scrape embedded data from audio or video content?
I use the open-source tool pydub to split longer audio into smaller clips, which can then be transcribed more easily.
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Herakles Urias replied to the discussion What techniques can I use to scrape real-time web chats or comment sections? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
What techniques can I use to scrape real-time web chats or comment sections?
I save timestamps for each chat message, which helps organize the data chronologically and maintain the original conversation flow.
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Herakles Urias replied to the discussion How do I approach scraping data that appears only on hover or in tooltips? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
How do I approach scraping data that appears only on hover or in tooltips?
If hovering over items manually is impractical, I program the script to hover over each element sequentially and capture the data.
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Herakles Urias replied to the discussion How can I scrape structured data from sites without standard HTML tags? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
How can I scrape structured data from sites without standard HTML tags?
Inspecting CSS classes and id attributes for unique identifiers helps locate data within unusual or proprietary tags.
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Herakles Urias replied to the discussion How do I handle sites that block based on unusual request patterns? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
How do I handle sites that block based on unusual request patterns?
I use a mix of user-agents and device emulations to simulate requests from various browsers, which can help bypass pattern detection.
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Herakles Urias replied to the discussion How can I handle data extraction from websites with region-specific restriction? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
How can I handle data extraction from websites with region-specific restriction?
Tor can provide IPs from various countries, but it’s slower and may not work on sites with strong anti-bot measures.
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Herakles Urias started the discussion Methods to monitor housing trends using data from real estate websites? in the forum General Web Scraping 10 months ago
Methods to monitor housing trends using data from real estate websites?
Zillow, Realtor.com, and Redfin each offer APIs or data on market trends, which I use to track home values, rental prices, and new listings.
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