Apifier since 2016 so learned about web scraping and automation from the experts. MSc in Computer Science from TCD. Former game designer and newspaper production manager. Now Head of Content at Apify.
Explore the key differences between web crawling and web scraping, two essential tools for web data extraction. This guide breaks down their unique features, use cases, and how they can work together.
Are you a developer looking to make more than just a paycheck? Read about how Apify can help you turn your coding skills into a reliable source of passive income.
Find out how Fin, Intercom’s new customer support AI chatbot, uses Apify's web crawling technology to leverage data from customer websites and documentation.
Large language models, and the tools and apps built on them, are vulnerable to unwanted prompts. If you like being in control of your AIs, prompt injection will give you nightmares.
Your detailed step-by-step guide to scraping Facebook Pages without using the official Facebook API. You’ll be able to scrape any publicly available information about any page, without running up against Facebook’s limits.
What did Apify achieve in 2021? We created more, hired more, and earned more than ever before. Read about the highlights, changes, and challenges of an amazing year.
Google Trends gives you superhuman powers of prediction. Extend those powers with web scraping and gain an edge over the competition to plan your next move.
How much do you know about captchas? Why do we need them, are there alternatives, and do they even still work on the modern web? Read our exploration of the CAPTCHA, how it fails on multiple fronts, and how it might even result in some exploitative practices across the world.