Scraping job listings data for a competitive edge
Read about why and how data-driven companies are using web scraping and RPA tools for collecting job information.
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Apify Blog
Product updates, tips and stories from the world of web scraping and automation.
How to scrape Transfermarkt
Our short how-to guide will demonstrate how to extract the player, teams, transfers, market value, coach stats, league data from one of the biggest European soccer stats aggregators - transfermarkt.com
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Apify celebrates 6 years
Is 6 years a lot or a little for a startup like ours? You tell us, but we’re feeling very positive about it, and we’ve got a couple of good reasons why. We’ll let the numbers speak for themselves.
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September updates from Apify
Check out our new piece on the legality of web scraping, our tech post on MongoDB performance, 2 use cases of scraping real estate for research, and a couple of small how-to tutorials on scraping Google and Instagram.
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What is the difference between web scraping and crawling?
Web crawling vs web scraping. We explain the differences and how web scraping can create an API for any website.
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BPA vs. RPA technologies: which one to use for business optimization?
Should you apply RPA and BPA to automate manual tasks? The answer is: BPM and RPA combined can accelerate the ways you operate your business much better than when used separately.
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Handling IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses in Node.js
Why IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses are used and how you can handle them properly in Node.js.
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Tuning MongoDB performance for production systems
Techniques and MongoDB Cloud features we used to debug performance issues and expose sub-optimal queries.
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How to make an animated scrolling GIF of any web page
Here's to the GIF! Want to capture a scrolling web page as a GIF? We've got just the right tool for you - with a few reaction GIFs thrown in for fun.
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What is an API?
Heard the term API, but don't know exactly what it means? We explain the basics and list 7 characteristics of a good API.
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How to scrape Zillow
Guide to scraping listings and more from the Zillow real estate marketplace. Extract and download data in multiple formats for free.
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How to set up a content change watchdog for any website in 5 minutes
Use our actor to regularly check specific content on any website and receive an email notification whenever it changes.
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