Scraping Fundamentals
Articles from the Zyte blog in Scraping Fundamentals.
How to use browser DevTools for web scraping
Before you write a scraper, use Chrome or Firefox DevTools to find where the data lives, test selectors, check whether JavaScript is involved and spot the requests worth copying.
John Rooney
Scrapy vs BeautifulSoup vs Selenium vs Playwright: which should you use?
What each Python scraping tool does, where it fits, and how to choose, with the same scraper written in each and a simple decision guide for beginners.
John Rooney
How To
Guide to Web Scraping APIs: Key Features and Benefits
A web scraping API is a full-stack tool designed to automate the collection of data from websites, from managing proxies to extracting data.
Karlo Jeđud10 min read