Field notes from the world of data extraction.
Articles, interviews and analysis on how data is gathered, used and fought over — written by the people closest to it.
The New Guide to Web Scraping at Scale_One_Page
API-first scraping: Extraction for the modern web
This is the "API-first" method, a workflow that turns brittle, complex parsing jobs into clean, reliable, high-velocity JSON pipelines.
Sun, sea and code: What we built at Zyte’s API hackathon
Discover the 7 creative projects built at Zyte’s API Hackathon in Turkey, from security scanning tools to price comparison engines and smart caching systems.
How to evaluate a web scraping company
Learn how to evaluate a web scraping company based on reliability, operating model, compliance, and organizational maturity. A practical guide to choosing a long-term web data partner.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the new best model for writing scrapers
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is now the top model in Zyte’s Web Scraping Copilot benchmark, narrowly beating Gemini 3 Pro on extraction quality, with a small increase in code complexity.
Best Web Scraping Companies (Software + Services)
Looking for the best web scraping company? Compare top providers by success rates, data quality, compliance standards, and enterprise support.
Electric cars and the journey to the future of web data
Discover how web scraping APIs are replacing proxy-based setups, just as electric vehicles are transforming the auto industry. Learn why APIs deliver lower total cost, better scalability, and long-term value for web data teams.
Building solidarity and strategy at Zyte’s global meet-up
What happens when a remote-first company meets in person? Zyte's COO Suzanne Hassett shares insights from the 2026 Antalya meet-up, where strategy, solidarity, and customer voices shaped the year ahead.
Hybrid scraping: The architecture for the modern web
Learn how hybrid scraping combines headless browsers and lightweight HTTP clients to bypass JavaScript challenges efficiently. Reduce RAM usage, improve speed, and scale your web scraping pipelines with session reuse and TLS fingerprinting.
Your business doesn’t care about scraping - it cares about data
Web scraping isn’t the competitive advantage it used to be. Learn why shifting to a scraping API helps engineers reclaim time, reduce maintenance, and focus on delivering reliable data.
Zyte API Sessions - flexible cookie management maintaining control
Scraping Swiss Army Knife: My personal fix for web setup fatigue using Docker, Scrapy and Zyte
Tired of repeating web scraping setup? Learn how a multi-arch Docker container with Scrapy, Zyte, Requests, and Pandas speeds up exploration and debugging.