Introducing Apify Power Actors: do more by combining Actors into workflows
Power Actors are a new era for Apify Store: powerful new tools that combine Actors into workflows that solve complex problems.
Apify Blog
Web scraping with JavaScript, Python, Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Scrapy, Crawlee, and more. Tips on how to avoid blocking and use web scraping proxies. The official blog of the Apify platform.
Oxylabs vs. Bright Data (for web scraping)
Oxylabs & Bright Data are known for their proxy services and have recently invested in web scraping. How do they compare?
Freelance web scraping on Apify Store towards financial freedom
Building dozens of custom web scraping projects or finding a 10K user base for your Actor? Why not both? Read the story of Caleb, a community developer on Apify Store.
What are the best Python web scraping libraries?
Python developers have access to some of the best web scraping libraries and frameworks available. See how they work in practice and how to choose.
Introducing Actor Standby mode – run Actors as real-time APIs
Run Actors continuously as API servers. Process data in real time with no delay and immediately execute tasks triggered by events.
AI data extraction: What is it and how does it work?
Learn all about AI-driven data extraction methods, including how they work, their applications and limitations.
How to scrape Airbnb data: step-by-step guide in 2024
Learn how to use our Airbnb Scraper to extract Airbnb data on rental offers, including prices, reviews, location, and host details.
How to download tweets from Twitter in 2024
Learn how to download tweets from Twitter in 5 simple steps.
What is a headless browser: Explanation, use cases, libraries
Find out what a headless browser is, what you can use it for, and how it will help you with scraping websites. Learn about the best headless browsers and libraries.
How Chefclub uses Apify to find great recipe ideas
Learn how Chefclub improves their work with Apify's Instagram scraper, making video creation easier and boosting their social media presence.
Puppeteer tutorial: submitting forms, clicking buttons, and handling inputs
Find out how to use Puppeteer to handle forms, buttons, and inputs. Learn about type method, click method, and how to deal with text fields, dropdowns, and checkboxes.
How to parse JSON with Python
Learn to parse JSON strings with Python's built-in json module and convert JSON files using pandas.
E-commerce web scraping: how to build an e-commerce scraper
You only need a few lines of code to scrape data from e-commerce websites.
Google Places API limits (and how to overcome them using geolocation)
Your extended go-to guide on how to overcome Google Places API limits by scraping Google Maps with geolocation.
What is retrieval-augmented generation (and why use it for LLMs)?
RAG has revolutionized search and information retrieval. We explain how it works.
Announcing Crawlee for Python: a modern, open-source web scraping library for Python developers
Unified interface for HTTP and headless browser crawling, with automatic retries, proxy rotation, session management, and pluggable storage.
Playwright vs. Puppeteer: which is better in 2024?
Both are powerful Node.js libraries useful for web automation. What's the difference? Find out here.
How to use web scraping for lead generation in 2024
How to get better business leads using web scraping tools.
How to create an RSS feed from a website (step-by-step guide)
What if a website you want to integrate doesn't provide an RSS feed? We have a solution!
Perfect-fit marketing leads with web scraping
How hintly finds great marketing leads by integrating Apify’s social media scraping tools, making it easier to get insights from the freshest data.
How to set up an alert when a webpage changes (easy guide)
Step-by-step guide to setting up a content watcher to monitor changes. Automatically get email or Slack alerts when content changes on any website.
How to parse HTML in JavaScript
How do you access data across the web programmatically? The answer is HTML parsing. Learn how to do it here.
