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Articles from the Zyte blog about Web data.

Build or Buy? Solving the web scraping dilemma
Web data collection

Best web scraping methods for JavaScript-heavy websites

Explore different web scraping methods, from replicating JavaScript requests to using browser automation tools like Playwright, Puppeteer, and Selenium. Learn the pros and cons of each approach and how to scale your web scraping projects efficiently.

Neha Setia Nagpal1 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction
Traffic

Proxy-Shopping Primer: Datacenter Proxies and Beyond

Datacenter proxy is a proxy management system built on top of a pool of datacenter IPs used for web scraping.

Theresia Tanzil20 min read
Proxy vs. VPN: What's the difference? Which one is best for scraping?
Traffic

What are proxies in a proxy server, and how do they work?

Zyte Smart Proxy Manager: Supply and manage proxy servers effortlessly, freeing you to focus on efficient browsing.

Roy Healy4 min read
How to Bypass IP Bans with Ease
Anti-ban

How to Bypass IP Bans with Ease

Understanding how to bypass IP bans is essential to anyone who wants to collect web data at any scale.

Felipe Boff Nunes8 min read
Judge dismisses X’s lawsuit against Bright Data (for now)
Web data collection legality

Judge dismisses X’s lawsuit against Bright Data (for now)

What does the court’s most recent ruling in the X v. Bright Data case mean for web scrapers and web scraping.

Sanaea Daruwalla6 min read
Autoscraping Casts A Wider Net
Web data collection

What is Web Scraping? How to Scrape Data from Website ?

Web scraping is the automatic extraction of data from public websites that is then exported in a structured format. Learn how to scrape data from a website.

Colm Kenny9 min read
Use Powerful Ban Management With Zyte API’s Scripting API
Anti-ban

Use Powerful Ban Management With Zyte API’s Scripting API

You encounter so many different anti-bot systems as a developer working on custom projects for Zyte Data clients. This cat and mouse game requires your time, persistence and deep knowledge of web scraping.

Mushtaq Ali, Luiz Silva5 min read
The Most Complete Headless Browser for Web Scraping
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The Most Complete Headless Browser for Web Scraping

Replace all your headless browsers and proxies with one single tool that will save you time, money and yield better results for web scraping.

Cleber Alexandre6 min read
What is Web Data Harvesting? 1 key description will help you
Web data collection

What is Web Data Harvesting? 1 key description will help you

Web data harvesting collects structured web data in an automated fashion. It is extremely simple and works by through 2 parts - a web crawler and a web scraper.

Himanshi Bhatt2 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction
Web data collection legality

Compliant Web Scraping with AI

A breakdown of the integrated compliance focused protections integrated into Zyte API’s AI-powered web scraping solutions.

Callum Henry6 min read
Web Scraping vs Data Mining |  What's the Difference?
Web data collection

Web Scraping vs Data Mining | What's the Difference?

Understand the similarities between data mining and web scraping. While they are different processes, both data mining and web scraping aim to achieve similar goals.

Sarah Lang5 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction
Web data collection legality

Court Rules Meta's Terms Do Not Prohibit Scraping of Public Data

What does the court ruling that concludes Bright Data did not violate Meta’s terms of service or breach any contract with Meta by scraping public Facebook and Instagram data mean for web scraping.

Sanaea Daruwalla7 min read