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Playwright vs Puppeteer for Web Scraping: How To Choose For Robust Data Extraction

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Jan 9, 2024

Playwright and Puppeteer are both powerful tools for web scraping, but Puppeteer has an edge in speed and stealth capabilities, while Playwright excels in handling complex page state changes and offers a more flexible data extraction. Both libraries can serve most scraping needs, but Puppeteer is the top choice for advanced scenarios.

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