https://scrapfly.io/blog 2026-08-29T07:50:45+00:00 Scrapfly Web scraping tutorials, guides, and articles by Scrapfly https://scrapfly.io/img/scrapfly-logo.png https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-e-commerce-web-scraping-tools 2026-08-27T23:37:02+00:00 2026-08-27T23:37:04+00:00

Retrieval, access, extraction, discovery, browser, or screenshots? Pick the narrowest e-commerce scraping tool that fixes your broken layer in 2026.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-web-scraping-tools-for-real-estate 2026-08-27T23:35:53+00:00 2026-08-27T23:35:56+00:00

Which real estate scraping tool returns the output you are missing? Compare 6 by job in 2026: page HTML, structured JSON, listing URLs, images, parser source.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-open-source-youtube-scrapers 2026-08-24T15:09:46+00:00 2026-08-24T15:09:47+00:00

Six open-source YouTube scrapers ranked by job, with an August 11, 2026 GitHub snapshot and two projects that failed in our tests.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-open-source-job-scrapers 2026-08-24T15:09:10+00:00 2026-08-24T15:09:11+00:00

Three open-source job scrapers ranked by board coverage, schema, and dated maintenance, plus a source-available Scrapfly managed alternative.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-target-com 2026-08-24T15:03:54+00:00 2026-08-27T04:47:41+00:00

Extract Target.com product and pricing data from the internal Redsky API in 2026, handle store-keyed prices, and get past Target's PerimeterX bot defense.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/python-web-scraping-projects-from-beginner-to-advanced 2026-08-24T15:03:14+00:00 2026-08-27T04:47:40+00:00

12 Python web scraping projects laddered from static HTML to Scrapy crawls and AI agents, each with skills, a data source, and a build guide.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-skyscanner 2026-08-14T23:51:16+00:00 2026-08-14T23:51:18+00:00

Learn how to scrape Skyscanner flight results in Python by building deep-link URLs, rendering the search, and capturing the itinerary JSON the page loads.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-airbnb 2026-08-14T23:45:25+00:00 2026-08-14T23:45:26+00:00

Scrape Airbnb search results, listing details, fee-inclusive prices, guest reviews, and availability calendars with Python and Scrapfly.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-linkedin-scrapers-github 2026-08-14T21:58:23+00:00 2026-08-14T21:58:25+00:00

Five open-source LinkedIn scraper repos on GitHub ranked by auth model, dated maintenance and honest ban risk, with live August 2026 numbers.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-lowe 2026-08-13T21:42:28+00:00 2026-08-13T21:42:29+00:00

Scrape Lowe's product and pricing data from embedded page state, discover products and stores, and handle Akamai with Scrapfly's maintained Python scraper.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-imdb 2026-08-13T21:42:25+00:00 2026-08-13T21:42:26+00:00

Fetch protected IMDb pages through Scrapfly ASP, then parse JSON-LD and __NEXT_DATA__ for movie metadata, ratings, featured reviews, search, charts, and person data.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-digikey 2026-08-13T21:42:17+00:00 2026-08-13T21:42:20+00:00

Scrape DigiKey pricing, stock, and parametric specs past its Cloudflare challenge, and learn when the official API v4 is the better call.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-open-source-instagram-scrapers 2026-08-11T17:09:42+00:00 2026-08-11T17:09:43+00:00

A ranked comparison of the six best open-source Instagram scrapers in 2026 with honest notes on auth model, ban risk, and maintenance status.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-mcp-servers-for-web-scraping 2026-08-11T14:35:57+00:00 2026-08-11T14:35:58+00:00

Compare five MCP servers by the work they can actually do: protected-site scraping, browser control, debugging, static fetching, and cross-browser automation.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-curl-wget-alternatives 2026-08-11T14:35:53+00:00 2026-08-11T14:35:54+00:00

Six modern command-line tools that fix specific curl and wget pain points, from HTTPie's readable JSON output to aria2's segmented downloads and a managed fetch tool for the fetches that keep getting blocked.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-python-http-clients 2026-08-11T14:35:49+00:00 2026-08-15T19:43:55+00:00

Compare 8 Python HTTP clients for scraping on async, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, TLS impersonation, and maintenance, with runnable examples.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-lead-scraping-tools 2026-08-11T13:53:57+00:00 2026-08-11T13:53:59+00:00

Ranked list of 7 lead scraping tools that pull fresh data from the live web, from no-code extensions to production APIs, with honest limits on each.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-browser-fingerprint-testing-tools 2026-08-07T16:36:18+00:00 2026-08-07T16:36:21+00:00

A layer-by-layer diagnostic guide to Scrapfly's fingerprint and bot detection tools, what detectable results mean, and how to fix each leak.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-google-jobs 2026-08-05T14:15:30+00:00 2026-08-05T14:15:33+00:00

Learn how to scrape Google Jobs with Python and Scrapfly. Build a job-search URL, render and scroll the results, and extract listing details from Google Search.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-google-play-app-reviews-and-data 2026-08-03T16:52:35+00:00 2026-08-14T15:09:51+00:00

Scrape Google Play app metadata, ratings, and the full review set with Python, past the few-hundred-review ceiling the free library hits.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-proxy-scrapers 2026-08-03T16:04:39+00:00 2026-08-03T16:06:02+00:00

A maintenance-filtered ranking of the four open-source proxy scrapers and checkers still worth running in 2026, the stale tools to skip, and the dated reasons free proxies fail in production.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-ai-browser-agents 2026-08-03T15:49:40+00:00 2026-08-03T17:20:37+00:00

A ranked look at the 7 best AI browser agents in 2026, judged on whether they stay unblocked and stable in production, not only demos.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-marriott 2026-08-03T14:39:56+00:00 2026-08-03T14:39:58+00:00

Learn how to scrape Marriott hotel prices and room availability with Python in 2026, including search inputs, the JSON behind the site, and getting past Marriott's Akamai bot protection.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-kayak 2026-07-27T13:06:38+00:00 2026-07-27T13:06:39+00:00

A step-by-step guide to scraping Kayak flight search results with Python and the Scrapfly SDK. Covers URL construction, JavaScript rendering, ASP configuration, and parsing Kayak's internal poll JSON.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-scrape-rs-online 2026-07-24T20:12:21+00:00 2026-07-24T20:12:22+00:00

How to scrape RS-Online's North American listings and product pages for pricing, stock, specifications, and datasheet links.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/browser-use-vs-playwright 2026-07-24T18:16:34+00:00 2026-08-27T04:47:45+00:00

Compare Browser Use and Playwright for web scraping. Learn the architectural relationship, speed and cost tradeoffs, silent failure risks, and the hybrid approach that production teams actually use.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-bypass-aws-waf-when-web-scraping 2026-07-24T15:21:49+00:00 2026-08-10T19:22:18+00:00

Learn how AWS WAF Bot Control detects web scrapers across five layers, how to identify an AWS WAF block from its response signatures, and how to get a working bypass with Scrapfly ASP.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-facebook-marketplace-scrapers-github 2026-07-24T14:32:14+00:00 2026-08-10T19:22:18+00:00

A dated, freshness-first roundup of the open-source Facebook Marketplace scrapers on GitHub worth cloning in 2026, and the dead repos to skip.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/web-scraping-best-practices 2026-07-21T19:49:52+00:00 2026-08-10T19:22:18+00:00

The 11 practices that separate a scraper from a data pipeline, sequenced in the order a real scraping project meets them, from checking for an official API to alerting on breakage.

https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/best-websites-to-practice-web-scraping 2026-07-21T19:46:24+00:00 2026-08-27T04:47:40+00:00

A ranked list of 9 public web scraping practice sites and sandboxes for 2026, each mapped to the skill it teaches, its difficulty, and the production problem it simulates.