Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in IP address

How to Find Free Proxies & Rotate Them with Python

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Oct 4, 2023

Web scraping with proxies in Python to avoid getting blocked and rotate IP addresses for successful scraping.

Troubleshooting 403 Errors with Python Requests Despite Setting User-Agent

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Ensure User-Agent mimics a real browser. Use residential proxy or VPN for blocked IP. Set CF-Connecting-IP header for Cloudflare. Slow request rate and verify quotas. Register API keys or whitelist server IP.

Making Reverse DNS Lookups in Python with aiohttp

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Mar 3, 2024

Perform reverse DNS lookups in Python using aiohttp for asynchronous requests and handle potential pitfalls.

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