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Problem scraping javascript site – help needed

Problem I am trying to scrape the page https://tienda.mercadona.es/categories/112 and I have installed the docker and followed all the required steps given in the post. Splash works well, but the spyder does not and I don’t know why. The IP of the splash_url is correct but I can’t see in the response object when I […]

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Software for Web Scraping

There are many web data extraction applications and some cloud services available and they vary widely in cost and features. Here weíve summarized them to help you to make your choice. All of these programs and services have been either tested by us or have been in general use for web ripping. We hope these […]

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Using Modern Tools such as Node.js, Puppeteer, Apify for Web Scraping (Xing scrape)

I want to share with you the practical implementation of modern scraping tools for scraping JS-rendered websites (pages loaded dynamically by JavaScript). You can read more about scraping JS rendered content  here.

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Miscellaneous

Scraping HTML graphic elements: possibilities and limits

Question: “How do I set up a daily automatic scraping of www.pollen.com data into a Google sheet?” (link) Answer: Originally I doubted if svg HTML elements are scrapable. After some trial and error experience I realized, that svg elements are indeed scrapable; one can get their xPath, children nodes. Yet, they are scrapable by importXML() when being static html.

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Choosing a technology for a web-project

You have an idea for a web-project. You (or your team) have already thought over the concept and the strategy for to becoming successful in the field. Now it’s time to ask the main question – how should this awesome idea be brought to life? The great variety of solutions complicates the decision-making process: classic […]

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Introducing Octoparse New Version 7.1 – web scraping for dummies is official

Throughout the years of working in the data industry, the Octoparse team had never slowed down its pace in making data more accessible and readily to all people. It’s rooted in our belief that in the era of big data, anyone should be blessed with the capability to collect data so as to harness the […]

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Development Web Scraping Software

JavaScript rendering library for scraping javascript sites

Can you imagine how many scraping instruments are at our service? Though it has a long history, scraping has at last become a multi-lingual and simple approach. Unfortunately, there is a list of non-trivial tasks which can’t be resolved in a snap. One of these tasks is scraping javascript sites, those that output data using […]

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Octoparse – a scraping tool designed for non-programmers

Octoparse is an easy and powerful visual web scraper enabling anyone, even those without much programming background, to collect and extract data from the web. Octoparse is designed in a way to help users easily deal with complex website structures, such as those with JavaScript; it can be compared to other web scraping tools such […]

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Octoparse review

Octoparse is a new modern visual web data extraction software. It provides users a point-&-click UI to develop extraction patterns, so that scrapers can apply these patterns to structured websites. Both experienced and inexperienced users find it easy to use Octoparse to bulk extract information from websites – for most of scraping tasks no coding needed! 

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Data Scraping Studio review

Data Scraping Studio (DSS) is a new free, multi-threading studio for effective data extraction. It consists of two parts: (1) the Google Chrome extension with point-&-click interface to setup a web scraping agent and (2) the Desktop app for executing scraping agents.