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Re:Notes on Writing Web Scrapers by dzolob on Thursday December 02, 2021 @10:15PM (#29426247)
I just want to add that is very important to look at get/post and ajax calls within the site. When properly understood, they can be worked on your favor, taking away a lot of complexity of your scarpers.
Re:Notes on Writing Web Scrapers by gullywhumper on Friday December 03, 2021 @12:04PM (#29432264)
Agreed - frequently the necessary data is available as nicely formatted json. Sometimes you an also modify the query: rather than something 10 results per request, you can get 100.