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Ondra Urban

COO of Apify, but I think of myself as the chief debugging officer. Apify’s mission is to make the web more programmable. My mission is to make Apify the well-oiled machine that can achieve that goal.

7 Posts

Tutorial

How to scrape the web with Puppeteer in 2023

A complete web scraping and crawling tutorial for Puppeteer. Learn how to start a browser with Puppeteer, click buttons and wait for actions, and how to extract data from websites. From building a basic scraper to large-scale crawling.

Ondra Urban

Mar 2, 2023

Antiscraping

Web scraping: how to crawl without getting blocked

Your go-to guide on how to choose proxies wisely, fight Cloudflare, solve CAPTCHAs, and avoid honeytraps.

Natasha Lekh

Feb 13, 2023

Proxy

Datacenter proxies: when to use them and how to make the most of them

The ultimate guide to datacenter proxies. Learn how to fix common problems with datacenter proxies, use cookies and headers, and create human-like proxy sessions that are hard to block.

Theo Vasilis

Jan 23, 2023

Nodejs

How to install Node.js properly in 2023

Avoid time sinks and install Node.js properly with a node version manager. It's 2023, so skip nvm and use fnm - fast, dependable. Here's how to do it right.

Ondra Urban

Jan 11, 2023

Tutorial

How to scrape the web with Playwright in 2023

In 2023 Playwright is an established player in the web scraping and automation world. Thought Puppeteer was powerful? Playwright will blow your mind.

Ondra Urban

Jan 5, 2023

Web Scraping

Is web scraping legal?

Web scraping is legal if you scrape data publicly available on the internet. But you should be careful when scraping personal data or intellectual property. We cover the confusion surrounding the legality of web scraping and give you tips for compliant and ethical scrapers.

Ondra Urban

Nov 15, 2022

Careers

Fast cars and startups: can a lawyer become a programmer?

Ondra tried life in the fast lane to escape the boredom of a legal career, but ultimately learned to love code and found his true home at Apify.

Ondra Urban

Jan 27, 2022