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Discover the power of social media scraping with these eight exceptionally fast tools that allow you to extract user-generated data from any platform.

Learn how to scrape Zillow in 2 ways: writing Python code from scratch, and with an easy-to-use API.

A guide with practical code examples demonstrating find_element and find_elements methods across different locator types.

RootWise uses Apify to gather focused social media data, enabling AI-driven analysis for humanitarian efforts and security operations worldwide.

Free software libraries, packages, and SDKs for web crawling? Or is it a web scraper that you need?

The basics of web scraping: what it is, how it works, real-world use cases, and how to get started.

The best JavaScript libraries and frameworks for web scraping in Node.js and how to use them.

The 2017 Craigslist v. RadPad case set restrictive precedents for web scraping, but recent rulings like hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn have since reshaped the legal landscape, favoring scraping under certain conditions. This review explores the case's impact and its evolution in light of newer decisions.

A detailed guide to building a basic scraper using Go's Colly library.

Automate the collection of your competition's Google Ads campaigns and analyze the data with Google and third-party tools

Ashley Copp built Data Freelance Hub to help data professionals find gig work. He used Apify's web scraping tools to gather job postings from various sites, solving his data collection problem.

Is your web scraper getting 520 status codes? Solve them with this quick guide.

A software engineer's path from web scraping to selling custom Actors on Apify Store. This case study looks at how Apify's cloud platform enables backend processing and opens up new income streams for developers.

A detailed tutorial, from the basics and model training to tools like VADER and WordCloud.

This guide will walk you through the process of extracting Google Finance data step by step.

Developer Jan Danecki integrates Apify into his freelance strategy, balancing custom tools with platform benefits to power his web scraping and attract clients.

Is your web scraper getting 405 status codes? Solve them with this quick guide.

Learn how to use Scrapy in real projects, taking advantage of its features and overcoming its limitations by using tools like Playwright.