

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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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