Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in Perl

Web Scraping with Perl & ChatGPT

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Sep 25, 2023

Web scraping in Perl with ChatGPT assistance. Use HTML::TreeBuilder and WWW::Mechanize for data extraction. Generate code snippets and explanations with ChatGPT.

How to Build a Super Simple HTTP Proxy in Perl in just 20 lines of code

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Oct 1, 2023

Build a basic HTTP proxy server in Perl using less than 20 lines of code. Use rotating proxy service to avoid IP blocking.

Scraping All Images from a Website with Perl

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Dec 13, 2023

Guide to scraping image URLs and data from a Wikipedia page using Perl script. Extracts names, groups, local names, and image URLs for dog breeds.

Downloading Images from a Website with Perl and Mojo::DOM

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Oct 15, 2023

Learn how to use Perl and modules like LWP::UserAgent and Mojo::DOM to download images of dog breeds from a Wikipedia page.

Scraping Multiple Pages in Perl with LWP::UserAgent and HTML::TreeBuilder

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Oct 15, 2023

Web scraping in Perl using LWP::UserAgent and HTML::TreeBuilder modules to extract data from multiple pages. Use XPath queries and proxies for efficient data extraction.

Scrape Any Website with OpenAI Function Calling in Perl

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Sep 25, 2023

Web scraping with OpenAI in Perl to extract product data from HTML using function calling.

Scraping Reddit Posts in Perl

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Jan 9, 2024

Scraping Reddit using Perl to extract information from posts by parsing HTML and using UserAgent for data extraction.

Building a Simple Proxy Rotator with Perl and Mojo

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Oct 2, 2023

Use Mojo::UserAgent to fetch and parse proxy lists, extract proxies, refresh periodically, select a random proxy, and make proxied requests with LWP::UserAgent. Consider using a rotating proxy service like Proxies API to solve IP blocking problems.

Scraping New York Times News Headlines in Perl

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Dec 6, 2023

Learn how to scrape the NYT website using Perl, LWP::UserAgent, and Mojo::DOM. Extract headlines and links programmatically.

Scraping Craigslist Listings with Perl

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Oct 1, 2023

Learn how to scrape Craigslist apartment listings using Perl and modules LWP::UserAgent and HTML::TreeBuilder. Avoid IP blocking with a rotating proxy server.

Scraping Data from Wikipedia with Perl

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Dec 6, 2023

Scraping tabular data from Wikipedia using Perl. Extract and utilize structured data from Wikipedia pages.

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