The hottest Web scraping Substack posts right now

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The Orchestra Data Leadership Newsletter 79 implied HN points 14 May 24
  1. Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing web scraping by offering accelerated development processes and increased adoption of scraping use-cases in Data.
  2. The complexity of parsing HTML and the challenges associated with web scraping, such as changing schemas, time durations, and legality, can be mitigated with AI-enabled tools.
  3. AI-enabled web scraping tools like Nimble and Diffbot provide reliable solutions for efficiently extracting data from the internet and handling challenges like managing proxies and optimizing scraping speed.
Deploy Securely 216 implied HN points 10 Jan 24
  1. Block major generative AI tools from scraping your website by adding specific directives to your robots.txt file.
  2. Consider modifying your site's terms and conditions to prevent undesired activities like scraping by AI tools.
  3. Blocking AI tools may impact your search and social media rankings, so find a balance between cybersecurity and potential repercussions.
The Orchestra Data Leadership Newsletter 39 implied HN points 21 May 24
  1. Web scraping with AI can enhance intelligence gathering by efficiently collecting and processing data from various public sources on the internet.
  2. Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) can improve the accuracy and robustness of web scraping systems when dealing with changes in HTML code structure.
  3. Using tools like Nimble for web scraping allows for more efficient and accurate data collection by training models on different types of websites for specific use cases.
The Web Scraping Club 98 implied HN points 18 Jan 24
  1. Kameleo is an anti-detect tool that creates different profiles for scrapers with unique characteristics like OS and browser settings.
  2. Profiles created with Kameleo can have realistic fingerprints mimicking various devices and operating systems.
  3. Using Kameleo can help in bypassing Cloudflare's anti-bot protection measures by generating profiles that seem legitimate.
The Web Scraping Club 78 implied HN points 08 Feb 24
  1. Data Boutique is a marketplace for legally obtained web-scraped data with a focus on quality and easy accessibility.
  2. Sellers on Data Boutique align interests with the platform by offering affordable, high-quality data which encourages more purchases and recurring buyers.
  3. Ensuring data quality on Data Boutique involves embedded checks and a Peer Review program, promoting stackable standard data schemas for wider use cases.
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serious web3 analysis 20 HN points 24 Sep 24
  1. AI can make web scraping super easy by letting users scrape information in plain English instead of complicated coding. This can help many more people access scraping tools.
  2. It's important to track the costs of using AI for scraping. Choosing the right AI model can save money while still getting accurate results.
  3. Benchmarking AI scrapers based on accuracy, runtime, and cost is essential. It helps users find the best tools for their specific scraping needs.
The Web Scraping Club 39 implied HN points 28 Jan 24
  1. Using different credentials per website when using proxies helps detect outliers and set thresholds per website.
  2. Be selective about the resources to load in your browser when using automation tools like Playwright to avoid unexpected usage of resources.
  3. Set a threshold to proxy usage for your scraper, even for seemingly trivial scrapers, to avoid unexpected costs.
The Web Scraping Club 39 implied HN points 21 Jan 24
  1. Microsoft Playwright is a browser automation tool used for web scraping that supports multiple browsers and can handle dynamic content and complex user interactions.
  2. Browser automation tools like Playwright are crucial for scraping modern websites with dynamic content, interactive elements, and sophisticated front-end frameworks.
  3. Playwright excels at rendering JavaScript, simulating user interactions, and evading anti-scraping measures, but may be slower and require more resources compared to Scrapy.
The Web Scraping Club 39 implied HN points 07 Jan 24
  1. The web scraping course provided by The Web Scraping Club is always free and offers practical articles on complex topics.
  2. Scrapy allows for easy crawling of product category pages by making requests per URL retrieved.
  3. Using JSON is preferred for extracting and cleaning data in web scraping, offering more stability compared to manual selectors.
Implementing 39 implied HN points 02 Jan 24
  1. The system architecture for summarizing YouTube videos involves extracting text from videos and generating text summaries using OpenAI's completions API.
  2. The process includes scraping YouTube automatic captioning for text extraction and dividing large text into smaller parts to handle limitations of the completions API.
  3. A command line interface (CLI) was created to allow users to easily summarize YouTube videos by passing the video link and desired language code.
Ali's Tech Tales 7 HN points 17 Jun 24
  1. Utilizing object storage like MinIO can streamline processes and reduce the amount of code needed for handling large data sets efficiently.
  2. Efficiently processing large volumes of data using multiprocessing in Python can significantly speed up tasks like parsing vast numbers of URLs in parallel.
  3. By merging dictionaries containing hostnames and then splitting them into manageable chunks, it's possible to handle huge amounts of data effectively, such as discovering over 140 million unique website hostnames.
Implementing 19 implied HN points 22 Jan 24
  1. Creating a bot to monitor computer temperature and send notifications can be useful to prevent overheating issues.
  2. Learning how to create a Telegram bot involves steps like creating the bot on Telegram using BotFather and deploying the code on platforms like Heroku.
  3. Setting up a Cron job using tools like Heroku Scheduler allows the bot to execute functions periodically to send notifications at specified intervals.
12challenges 3 HN points 13 Feb 24
  1. Hunting down TikTok's top videos is challenging because the data is not easily accessible through conventional methods like Google search.
  2. Using TikTok's Research API is limited and not helpful in obtaining the top TikTok videos by view count.
  3. Scraping TikTok's platform or using social monitoring tools are options to consider, but these methods come with challenges like legal implications and high costs.
The Data Score 1 HN point 20 Feb 24
  1. The court ruling in the Meta v. Bright Data case may lead to more defenses against web scraping and offers clarity on accessing public data while underscoring the importance of adhering to individual website terms.
  2. Before starting a web mining project, individuals should carefully review each website's terms, assess intended usage of scraped data, and consider the legal implications of accessing specific content.
  3. Upcoming court cases, like those involving Meta and other companies, may set standards for web mining governance while Glacier Network emphasizes a standardized risk policy to simplify data exchange and compliance in a rapidly evolving data industry.
The Web Scraping Club 0 implied HN points 25 Jan 24
  1. Kasada is an anti-bot solution that collects data points from browsers and uses AI to determine if a request is legitimate or not.
  2. Scrapers that do not use a Javascript rendering engine, like Scrapy, are blocked by Kasada's challenges.
  3. One way to bypass Kasada for web scraping is to use tools like undetected-chromedriver, a Selenium Chromedriver patch that avoids triggering anti-bot services.
The Web Scraping Club 0 implied HN points 04 Feb 24
  1. The web scraping course provided by The Web Scraping Club is always free and appreciated if you want to subscribe with a paid plan.
  2. The choice between using Scrapy and Playwright for web scraping depends on factors like anti-bot protection and content loading.
  3. Setting up the environment for building a web scraper with Playwright involves installing Python, Playwright, and browser binaries.