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What is Charles Proxy and How to Use it?
What is Charles Proxy and How to Use it?

Learn about of the most popular web debugging proxies — Charles Proxy and what it's capable.

cURL vs Wget: Key Differences Explained
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.

How to Use Tor For Web Scraping
How to Use Tor For Web Scraping

In this article, we'll explain web scraping using Tor. For this, we'll use Tor as a proxy server to change the IP address randomly in either HTTP or SOCKS, as well as using it as a rotating proxy server.

How to Know What Anti-Bot Service a Website is Using?
How to Know What Anti-Bot Service a Website is Using?

In this article we'll take a look at two popular tools: WhatWaf and Wafw00f which can identify what WAF service is used.

Selenium Wire Tutorial: Intercept Background Requests
Selenium Wire Tutorial: Intercept Background Requests

In this guide, we'll explore web scraping with Selenium Wire. We'll define what it is, how to install it, and how to use it to inspect and manipulate background requests.

Sending HTTP Requests With Curlie: A better cURL
Sending HTTP Requests With Curlie: A better cURL

In this guide, we'll explore Curlie, a better cURL version. We'll start by defining what Curlie is and how it compares to cURL. We'll also go over a step-by-step guide on using and configuring Curlie to send HTTP requests.

How to Use cURL For Web Scraping
How to Use cURL For Web Scraping

In this article, we'll go over a step-by-step guide on sending and configuring HTTP requests with cURL. We'll also explore advanced usages of cURL for web scraping, such as scraping dynamic pages and avoiding getting blocked.

Using API Clients For Web Scraping: Postman
Using API Clients For Web Scraping: Postman

In this article, we'll explore the use of API clients for web scraping. We'll start by explaining how to locate hidden API requests on websites. Then, we'll explore importing, manipulating, and exporting them using Postman to develop efficient API-based web scrapers.

Intro to Parsing HTML and XML with Python and lxml
Intro to Parsing HTML and XML with Python and lxml

In this tutorial, we'll take a deep dive into lxml, a powerful Python library that allows for parsing HTML and XML effectively. We'll start by explaining what lxml is, how to install it and using lxml for parsing HTML and XML files. Finally, we'll go over a practical web scraping with lxml.

Use Curl Impersonate to scrape as Chrome or Firefox
Use Curl Impersonate to scrape as Chrome or Firefox

Learn how to prevent TLS fingerprinting by impersonating normal web browser configurations. We'll start by explaining what the Curl Impersonate is, how it works, how to install and use it. Finally, we'll explore using it with Python to avoid web scraping blocking.

FlareSolverr Guide: Bypass Cloudflare While Scraping
FlareSolverr Guide: Bypass Cloudflare While Scraping

In this article, we'll explore the FlareSolverr tool and how to use it to get around Cloudflare while scraping. We'll start by explaining what FlareSolverr is, how it works, how to install and use it. Let's get started!

Web Scraping with CloudProxy
Web Scraping with CloudProxy

One of the most common challenges encountered while web scraping is IP throttling and blocking. Learn about the CloudProxy tool, how to install it and how to use it for cloud-based web scraping.

How to Use Headless Browser Chrome Extensions for Web Scraping
How to Use Headless Browser Chrome Extensions for Web Scraping

In this article, we'll explore different useful Chrome extensions for web scraping. We'll also explain how to install Chrome extensions with various headless browser libraries, such as Selenium, Playwright and Puppeteer.

How to Use Cache In Web Scraping for Major Performance Boost
How to Use Cache In Web Scraping for Major Performance Boost

Introduction to web scraping caches. How caching can significantly reduce scraping costs and drastically improve performance.

How to Hide Your IP Address
How to Hide Your IP Address

In this article we'll be taking a look at several ways to hide IP addresses: proxies, tor networks, vpns and other techniques.