Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in bot mitigation

Can scraping be detected?

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 20, 2024

Web scraping is the process of collecting data from websites automatically. Avoid detection by using throttling, mimicking browser headers, and distributing requests across multiple IPs.

ScrapingBee Alternative - Why Proxies API is Simpler & Cheaper

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Sep 30, 2023

ScrapingBee and Proxies API are web scraping APIs, but Proxies API offers a simpler and more affordable approach. Proxies API provides an easy API, pay per call pricing, no lock-in, and simple integration. It is a cost-effective alternative to ScrapingBee.

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