Articles by Ziad Shamndy

Best Cloud Browser APIs in 2026

Comprehensive comparison of cloud browser APIs for developers. Evaluate Bright Data, Browserless, Browserbase, Scrapfly, Steel.dev, and more with transparent pricing, feature matrices, and code examples.

HEADLESS-BROWSER

How to Take Screenshots in PHP?

Learn how to take screenshots in PHP using Browsershot, Chrome-PHP, and APIs. Covers installation, wait strategies, device emulation, and advanced techniques.

SCREENSHOTS PHP HEADLESS-BROWSER

Crawler APIs for Monitoring Website Changes

Keep RAG systems accurate by monitoring website changes with Crawler APIs. Learn detection strategies, webhooks, and practical code with ScrapFly.

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How to Screenshot Cloudflare-Protected Websites

Learn how to capture screenshots of Cloudflare-protected websites using Scrapfly Screenshot API, Puppeteer, and Selenium. Includes code examples and troubleshooting.

SCREENSHOTS PYTHON BLOCKING

Competitor Price Monitoring with Crawler API

Build an automated competitor price monitoring system using Scrapfly Crawler API. Track thousands of products, handle anti-bot protection, and integrate with repricing tools.

PYTHON

Build a Documentation Chatbot That Works on ANY Website

Build an AI chatbot from any docs site using Scrapfly Crawler API, LangChain, and Streamlit. Works on Cloudflare-protected sites.

PYTHON AI CRAWLING

Scraper API vs Crawler API - When to Use Each for AI

Scraper API for pages, Crawler API for domains. Learn when to use each Scrapfly API for AI training, RAG applications, and web scraping at scale.

TOOLS API AI

LangChain Web Scraping: Build AI Agents & RAG Applications

Learn to integrate LangChain with Scrapfly for web scraping. Build AI agents and RAG applications that extract, process, and understand web data at scale.

AI PYTHON

Best Web Scraping Tools in 2026

Comprehensive guide to choosing web scraping tools for production. Learn the scraping pipeline framework and how to combine tools like Scrapfly, BeautifulSoup, Playwright, and Scrapy for reliable data extraction at scale.

PYTHON NODEJS

How to Scrape Facebook: Marketplace and Events

Complete guide to scraping Facebook data including Marketplace listings and Events. Covers authentication, anti-bot bypass, and production-ready techniques.

PYTHON PLAYWRIGHT SCRAPEGUIDE

Crawl4AI Explained: The AI-Friendly Web Crawling Framework

Discover Crawl4AI, the AI-friendly web crawling framework. Learn features, installation, and intelligent web scraping for LLMs.

AI PYTHON CRAWLING

Web Scraping Services Explained

Explore web scraping services from managed APIs to self-hosted solutions. Learn use cases, pricing models, and how to choose the right data extraction service.

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Social Media Scraping in 2026

Complete guide to scraping Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn with Python. Learn anti-blocking techniques for 2026.

SCRAPEGUIDE PYTHON

Top Web Crawler Tools in 2026

Discover the best web crawler tools in 2026 for automated data collection. Compare Octoparse, Scrapy, and more.

TOOLS

Top LangChain Alternatives in 2026

Explore the best LangChain alternatives in 2026 for building powerful AI applications. Compare features, performance, and use cases to find the right framework for your needs.

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How to Scrape Naver.com

Master web scraping techniques for Naver.com, South Korea's dominant search engine.

SCRAPEGUIDE PYTHON BEAUTIFULSOUP REQUESTS

How to Scrape Imovelweb.com

Scrape Imovelweb with Python - extract listings and details, handle pagination and JSON-LD, and use Scrapfly for anti-bot reliability.

PYTHON SCRAPEGUIDE BEAUTIFULSOUP REQUESTS

How to Scrape AutoScout24

Learn how to scrape AutoScout24 for car listings, prices, specifications, and detailed vehicle information using Python. Complete guide with code examples and anti-blocking techniques.

PYTHON SCRAPEGUIDE BEAUTIFULSOUP REQUESTS

How to Scrape Allegro.pl

Learn how to scrape Allegro.pl for product listings and individual product details using Python with requests and BeautifulSoup4

PYTHON SCRAPEGUIDE BEAUTIFULSOUP REQUESTS

How to Scrape Ticketmaster

Learn how to scrape Ticketmaster for event data including concerts, venues, dates, and ticket information using Python. Complete guide with code examples and anti-blocking techniques.

PYTHON SCRAPEGUIDE BEAUTIFULSOUP REQUESTS

How to Scrape Mouser.com

Learn how to scrape Mouser.com electronic component data including prices, specifications, and inventory using Python. Complete guide with code examples and anti-blocking techniques.

PYTHON SCRAPEGUIDE BEAUTIFULSOUP REQUESTS

How to Scrape Zoro.com

Learn how to scrape Zoro.com product data including prices, specifications, and inventory using Python. Complete guide with code examples and anti-blocking techniques.

PYTHON SCRAPEGUIDE BEAUTIFULSOUP REQUESTS

Automatic Failover Strategies for Reliable Data Extraction

A deep dive into automatic failover strategies like retries, backoff, and circuit breakers to build resilient and reliable web scrapers that can handle network errors, blocks, and other common failures.

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How to Stop Wasting Money on Proxies

Learn actionable techniques to slash proxy spending in web scraping projects without sacrificing reliability or scale.

PROXIES

Advanced Proxy Connection Optimization Techniques

Master advanced proxy optimization with TCP connection pooling, TLS fingerprinting, DNS caching, and HTTP/2 multiplexing for maximum performance.

PROXIES

What Is a Proxy Server?

Understand what proxy servers are, how they work, and how developers can leverage them for efficient, large-scale web scraping.

PROXIES

Optimize Proxy Bandwidth with Image & CSS Stubbing

Reduce proxy costs by 30-50% through intelligent image and CSS stubbing techniques that eliminate unnecessary resource downloads while preserving functionality.

PROXIES

HTTPS vs. SOCKS Proxies

A deep dive into the key differences between HTTPS and SOCKS proxies, helping you choose the right protocol for your web scraping needs.

PROXIES

What is a Reverse Proxy?

Learn what reverse proxies are, how they differ from forward proxies, and their critical role in web infrastructure and web scraping. A deep dive for developers.

PROXIES

Bypass Proxy Detection with Browser Fingerprint Impersonation

Stop proxy blocks with browser fingerprint impersonation using this guide for Playwright, Selenium, curl-impersonate & Scrapfly

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How Caching Can Cut Your Proxy Bill by 70%

Learn how intelligent caching strategies can reduce proxy costs by 40-70%. Complete guide to bandwidth optimization and proxy management.

PROXIES

How to Optimize NetNut Proxies

Learn how to set up and optimize NetNut proxies for web scraping, including bandwidth reduction techniques and integration with Scrapfly Proxy Saver.

PROXIES

How to Optimize Webshare Proxies

Webshare is a fast-growing proxy provider offering affordable proxy solutions for various web scraping and automation tasks. Here's how to make best of it.

PROXIES

How to Optimize Oxylabs Proxies

Learn how to optimize Oxylabs proxies for efficient web scraping using Python and Scrapfly Proxy Saver. Reduce bandwidth, improve speed, and cut costs.

PROXIES

How to Reduce Your Bright Data Bandwidth Usage

Learn how to reduce Bright Data proxy bandwidth usage using Python optimizations and Scrapfly Proxy Saver to cut data costs by up to 30%

PROXIES

What is Rate Limiting? Everything You Need to Know

Discover what rate limiting is, why it matters, how it works, and how developers can implement it to build stable, scalable applications.

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How to Optimize Proxies

Learn how to optimize proxies for speed, anonymity, and cost. Includes comparisons of proxy vs VPN, and tips for developers using Scrapfly.

PROXIES

How to Build an MCP Server in Python: A Complete Guide

Build an MCP server in Python with tools, resources, and prompts. A beginner's guide to the model context protocol using a simple calculator example.

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What Is MCP? Understanding the Model Context Protocol

What is MCP? Learn how the Model Context Protocol powers tools like Copilot Studio by giving AI models access to real-time, structured context.

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Build a Proxy API: Rotate Proxies and Save Bandwidth

Learn to build a proxy API with Python and mitmproxy. Rotate proxies on each request, cache responses to avoid refetching, and save bandwidth.

PROXIES API

The Best Datacenter Proxies in 2026: A Complete Guide

Explore the best datacenter proxies for 2026 including IPRoyal, shared vs dedicated options, and how to buy unlimited bandwidth proxies.

PROXIES

GPT Crawler: The AI Training Data Collection Guide

Learn how to use GPT Crawler to collect web data for AI training. A developer's guide with setup tips, configuration steps, and best practices.

AI CRAWLING

How to Choose the Best Proxy Unblocker?

Learn how to choose the best proxy unblocker to access blocked websites. Explore proxies, VPNs, and Scrapfly for bypassing restrictions safely.

PROXIES BLOCKING

Guide To Google Image Search API and Alternatives

Learn about Google Image Search API alternatives, including Bing API and scraping techniques. Implement image search functionality in your applications with Python code examples.

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Guide to List Crawling: Everything You Need to Know

Complete list crawling tutorial assess site defenses, bypass anti-bot systems, choose tools (Beautiful Soup, Playwright, Scrapfly), extract data with 6 production-ready code examples, and troubleshoot common failures.

CRAWLING BEAUTIFULSOUP PYTHON

Guide to using JSON with cURL

Learn how to send JSON with `cURL` using files, inline data, environment variables, and `jq`. Includes real-world examples for Slack & Google Translate.

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Guide to Google Scholar API and Alternatives

Learn how to access Google Scholar data without an official API. Explore alternatives and the best methods for data retrieval.

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Best SERP APIs in 2026: Official Google Alternatives & Third-Party Providers

No official Google SERP API exists. Compare official alternatives (DuckDuckGo, Brave, Yandex) and third-party SERP APIs (SerpApi, Serper, DataForSEO, Scrapfly) with verified performance benchmarks and current pricing data.

Proxy vs VPN: In-Depth Comparison

Explore the proxy vs vpn debate with insights on key differences, benefits, limitations and alternatives. Discover when to choose a proxy or VPN.

PROXIES

10 Ways to Automate Chrome Screenshots

Learn how to automate Chrome screenshots with Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer, browser commands, extensions, and APIs for efficient workflows.

SCREENSHOTS

Guide to LLM Training, Fine-Tuning, and RAG

Explore LLM training, fine-tuning, and RAG. Learn how to leverage pre-trained models for custom tasks and real-time knowledge retrieval.

AI

Guide to Understanding and Developing LLM Agents

Explore how LLM agents transform AI, from text generators into dynamic decision-makers with tools like LangChain for automation, analysis & more!

AI

Guide to Google Jobs API and Alternatives

Explore Google Jobs API alternatives like structured data, web scraping, and third-party job APIs to integrate job listings.

API

How to Find All URLs on a Domain

Learn how to efficiently find all URLs on a domain using Python and web crawling. Guide on how to crawl entire domain to collect all website data

CRAWLING PYTHON

What is Googlebot User Agent String?

Learn about Googlebot user agents, how to verify them, block unwanted crawlers, and optimize your site for better indexing and SEO performance.

CRAWLING SEO

Alternatives to Cloudscraper to Bypass Cloudflare

Learn why Cloudscraper is outdated and explore modern alternatives for bypassing Cloudflare protections effectively and ethically.

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How to Capture and Convert a Screenshot to PDF

Quick guide on how to effectively capture web screenshots as PDF documents

SCREENSHOTS PYTHON NODEJS

Playwright Examples for Web Scraping and Automation

Learn Playwright with Python and JavaScript examples for automating browsers like Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox.

PLAYWRIGHT PYTHON NODEJS

Web Scraping with Playwright and JavaScript

Learn about Playwright - a browser automation toolkit for server side Javascript like NodeJS, Deno or Bun.

PLAYWRIGHT HEADLESS-BROWSER NODEJS

How to Retry in Axios

Learn how to enhance Axios with retry logic using interceptors or `axios-retry` to automatically handle failed requests.

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How to use wget in Python

Learn how to use wget in Python through subprocess calls and what are other options.

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Ultimate Guide to JSON Parsing in Python

Learn JSON parsing in Python with this ultimate guide. Explore basic and advanced techniques using json, and tools like ijson and nested-lookup

DATA-PARSING PYTHON

Guide to Axios Headers

Learn about Javascript's Axios headers. How to configure, update, inspect headers in request and responses, how to set defaults and useful tips

HTTP NODEJS

Guide to Parsel - the Best HTML Parsing in Python

Learn to extract data from websites with Parsel, a Python library for HTML parsing using CSS selectors and XPath.

DATA-PARSING PARSEL

What is HTTP 401 Error and How to Fix it

Discover the HTTP 401 error meaning, its causes, and solutions in this comprehensive guide. Learn how 401 unauthorized errors occur.

HTTP

JSONL vs JSON

Learn the differences between JSON and JSONLines, their use cases, and efficiency. Why JSONLines excels in web scraping and real-time processing

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Guide to SeleniumBase — A Better & Easier Selenium

SeleniumBase streamlines browser automation with simple syntax, cross-browser support, and robust features, perfect for testing and web scraping.

SELENIUM HEADLESS-BROWSER

Guide to PHP 8.4 new DOM Selector Feature

Learn about PHP 8.4’s new DOM Selector feature. Simplify DOM manipulation using intuitive CSS selectors for cleaner, more efficient code.

PHP

How to Ignore cURL SSL Errors

Learn to handle SSL errors in cURL, including using self-signed certificates. Explore common issues, safe practices.

CURL

What is HTTP 407 Status Code and How to Fix it

Learn everything about the HTTP 407 Proxy Authentication Required error. Understand its causes, including misconfigured proxies

HTTP

Guide to Cloudflare's Error Code 520 and How to Fix it

Quick look at error code 520, what does it mean, its common causes, and how it can be prevented.

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Guide to Google News API and Alternatives

Discover how to access Google News after the discontinuation of the Google News API. Explore alternative APIs for extracting insights from news.

API

Guide to SSL Errors: What do they mean and how to fix them

Overview of SSL errors - what are they, what are common issues and how to resolve them.

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Guide to Google Finance API and Alternatives

Guide to Google Finance data and discontinued Google Finance API alternatives and a secret API.

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Guide to LinkedIn API and Alternatives

Explore the LinkedIn API, covering data endpoints, usage limitations, and accessibility.

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Guide to Yahoo Finance API

Explore what Yahoo Finance is and how to scrape it, and other tools for accessing stock data and financial news.

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In-Depth Guide to the Walmart API

Discover Walmart's robust API ecosystem, designed to streamline operations for sellers, suppliers, and partners. This comprehensive guide explores key Walmart APIs

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Guide to Python requests POST method

Discover how to use Python's requests library for POST requests, including JSON, form data, and file uploads, along with response handling tips.

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Guide to Python Requests Headers

Our guide to request headers for Python requests library. How to configure and what do they mean.

PYTHON REQUESTS HTTP

cURL vs Wget: Key Differences Explained

curl and wget are both popular terminal tools but often used for different tasks - let's take a look at the differences.

CURL HTTP TOOLS

Playwright vs Selenium

Explore the key differences between Playwright vs Selenium in terms of performance, web scraping, and automation testing for modern web applications.

HEADLESS-BROWSER PLAYWRIGHT SELENIUM

What is Parsing? From Raw Data to Insights

Learn about the fundamentals of parsing data, across formats like JSON, XML, HTML, and PDFs. Learn how to use Python parsers and AI models for efficient data extraction.

DATA-PARSING PYTHON AI

Concurrency vs Parallelism

Learn the key differences between Concurrency and Parallelism and how to leverage them in Python and JavaScript to optimize performance in various computational tasks.

SCALING NODEJS PYTHON

5 Proven Ways to Bypass CAPTCHA in Python

Captchas can ruin web scrapers but we don't have to teach our robots how to solve them - we can just get around it all!

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How to Scrape Realestate.com.au Property Listing Data

We're taking yet another look at real estate websites. This time we're going down under! Realtestate.com.au is the biggest real estate portal in Australia and let's take a look at how to scrape it.

PYTHON REAL-ESTATE SCRAPEGUIDE

Web Scraping Emails using Python

In this tutorial we'll take a look at email scraping. How to crawl pages and extract email addresses using Python and what are some popular challenges.

PYTHON DATA-PARSING PROJECT

How to Scrape Nordstrom Fashion Product Data

In this guide we'll be taking a look at scraping Nordstrom.com - one of the biggest fashion e-commerce shops. We'll be using hidden web data scraping and Python.

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