Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in legal responsibilities

What are the rules for web scraping?

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 22, 2024

Web scraping can be useful for gathering public information, but it carries ethical and legal responsibilities. Respect robots.txt, avoid overloading servers, check terms of service, use structured data, and attribute copied content.

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