Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in open-uri

Using Proxies with Ruby's Open-URI for Web Scraping in 2024

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Jan 9, 2024

Configure proxies for Ruby scrapers using open-uri. Learn how to specify proxies, leverage environment variables, work with HTTP proxies, handle authentication and authorization, and troubleshoot common proxy errors.

Scraping Reddit Posts with Ruby

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Jan 9, 2024

Learn how to scrape data from Reddit using Ruby, Nokogiri, and open-uri. Collect public data, analyze posting trends, and build Reddit bots or apps.

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