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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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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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.
Apify Marketplace and 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics — what’s in common?
We calculated the standard deviation of bids placed by devs on Apify Marketplace and were surprised to find price convergence over time.
How the media can use web scraping and automation
13 ways the media can use scraping, data, and RPA to track new trends, automate grunt work, make better content, and even fight fake news.
Realitní pes upozorní na nové příležitosti ke koupi či pronájmu nemovitostí
Nový projekt nad daty, které sbírá Apify, Vám pomůže včas odhalit vysněnou nemovitost a poradí, jestli je to dobrá investice.
Black Friday 2019 — s Hlídačem shopů
TLDR: V letošním Black Friday bylo na největších českých eshopech dvakrát více produktů, průměrné uváděné a reálné slevy podobné jak loni.
Black Friday in Czechia — magical prices one year on
After last year’s revealing analysis of Black Friday discounts, Apify again decided to look at what the three largest Czech e-shops are up to this year.
Black Friday počesku — kouzla se slevami po roce
Po loňské úspěšné analýze slev v rámci Black Friday jsme se opět rozhodli podívat na to, jak největší české e-shopy pracují s tímto fenoménem. Hlavně nás zajímalo, zda stále čarují se slevami, převážně pomocí umělého navyšování původních cen, ze kterých vypočítávají slevy.
One Crawler to Audit Them All
Read about how Agency Analytics only needed a single generic Apify crawler to power their SEO Audit Tool. They were also able to set it up themselves, with just a little support from the Apify team.
Dedicated Followers of Fashion: Apify and KNOMI
Apify crawlers work behind the scenes to help KNOMI collect product data from the best independent and luxury boutiques across London.
Magical Black Friday prices in Czechia
Using the Apify platform to scrape prices, we ran an extensive analysis of the three leading Czech e-shops for the month leading up to Black Friday and found some surprising results.