How to build a 15-minute city: a question answered by map data
Find out how extracting quantitative data from Google Maps can help us understand and suggest improvements in the urban environment.
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Use Cases
Learn how web scraping and browser automation can help with everything from combating fake discounts to collecting evidence of war crimes.
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How web scraping, AI, and the EU have come together to sweep away fake discounts in Europe
Even if you didn’t know it, before the COVID-19 pandemic, another plague was sweeping Europe, and it’s still prevalent today: fake discounts.
Using web scraping to preserve digital memory of war crimes in Ukraine
Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has prompted the grievous mission to collect and archive digital evidence of war crimes. Read how Mnemonic is using web scraping to collect social media data for further use in international law, journalism, research, and memory preservation.
How Apify uses traffic monitoring to ensure fair billing
Discover the importance of efficiently monitoring the traffic users generate and how Apify ensures that customers are fairly billed for the resources they consume.
Tunneling arbitrary protocols over HTTP proxy with static IP address in Node.js
How to connect from a Node.js application running on a server with a random IP address to an external service protected by a firewall.
Learn how to connect from a Node.js application running on a server with a random IP address to an external service protected by a firewall that only allows access
Black Friday 2020 — rays of hope for a better future
Some old tricks and deceptive practices, but two e-shops have seen the light and are being honest with their customers — with our help.
How Apify created custom APIs to track COVID-19 worldwide
Apify aggregates data from official coronavirus stats in 50 countries. Find out how we created an automated, open-source scraping solution.
Black Friday 2020 — getting better
Results of our annual Black Friday 2020 analysis for Czechia. Improvements in discounts, but some still misleading. In Czech language only.
How web scraping is revolutionizing the real estate business
Web scraping is driving four big revolutions in the real estate industry: business intelligence, investment, marketing, and PropTech.
