Wedding bells and web scraping
A solo developer used Apify Actors to build a wedding venue database of 60,000 locations and create targeted marketing software for the industry.
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Python browser automation with Selenium (2024 guide)
Learn how to automate web tasks with Selenium and Python. Understand the basics and advanced scraping, with this guide to essential browser automation techniques.
Playwright vs. Selenium: What's the difference?
This comparison of Selenium and Playwright will help you choose the right open-source tool for web testing and automation.
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 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!
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 Apify uses Apify ↻
Dogfooding in Apify: 10 examples of how we use our own web scraping and automation tools for work and fun.
Find elements in Selenium by XPath
A guide to using XPath in Selenium, from basics to real-world examples.
Playwright vs. Cypress
Features, pros, and cons to help you choose between these two web testing frameworks.
Scaling email marketing and lead generation with itrinity and Apify
How itrinity uses Apify to take its email verification and outreach strategies to another level.
How to build a news aggregator with Next.js, Resend, and Apify
Learn to build a web scraper that extracts articles daily from 4 different platforms.
Python Playwright: a complete guide
A comprehensive Python guide for browser automation and web scraping with Playwright.
Selenium click command: complete guide
The click() command, with its ability to simulate user behavior, remains a key asset in Selenium. We show you how it works with practical examples.
XPath contains: how to select elements by text
Learn how to apply XPath effectively to enhance web scraping and automation.
Playwright web scraping: how to scrape the web with Playwright in 2024
Playwright is now an established player in the web scraping and automation world. In 2024, there's really no reason to use Puppeteer instead.
How to download and upload files in Puppeteer
Find out how to download and upload files in Puppeteer. Discover how to use Puppeteer to streamline your web automation tasks.
Add custom actions to your GPTs with Apify Actors
Apify Actors now export the OpenAPI specs for their API, which makes it easy to call them from your GPTs and give them web scraping capability.
Connecting web scrapers: a guide to Actor-to-Actor integrations
A short step-by-step guide to combining web scrapers with the Apify integration