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How to Integrate Proxies with Postman: A Step-by-Step Guide

API testing and development are critical tasks for developers, IT professionals, and testers. Among the tools available, Postman stands out as a powerful and user-friendly platform for sending requests, analyzing responses, and debugging APIs. 

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How to Set Up Proxies in Selenium for Web Scraping

When working with Selenium for web scraping or automation, integrating proxies is a must. Proxies allow you to bypass bans, rate limits, and geo-restrictions, making your tasks seamless and efficient. But configuring proxies in Selenium can be a challenge, especially if you’re dealing with authentication or need to monitor HTTP requests. That’s where Selenium Wire comes in.

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Website Performance Load Testing using JMeter and Proxy.

In the digital age, where every second counts, ensuring your website's performance is up to par is not just a necessity—it's a survival strategy. With users' expectations higher than ever, a slow-loading page could mean the difference between a converted customer and a lost opportunity. This is where Apache JMeter™ and proxy servers come into play, offering a powerful combination for load testing your website to ensure it can handle high traffic volumes without compromising on speed or user experience.

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How to Scrape eBay in 2024: A Beginner's Guide

eBay is one of the world’s largest online marketplaces, hosting millions of products across various categories. Scraping eBay can be invaluable for tasks like:

  • Price Comparison
  • Market Analysis
  • Tracking Product Trends

In this guide, we’ll show you how to create a simple Python script to search for a keyword, extract product details like title, price, currency, availability, reviews, and ratings, and save the data into a CSV file. This tutorial is great for beginners who want to learn web scraping the right way, with tips on respecting terms of service and using proxies responsibly.

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Getting Started with Robots.txt and Sitemaps for Web Scraping

In the vast digital landscape, where countless websites compete for attention, it's crucial to understand the rules of engagement. For web developers, SEO professionals, and content creators, decoding robots.txt is key to ethical and effective web scraping. This guide will help you understand how to responsibly interact with websites using robots.txt and sitemaps.

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A Guide to HTML Selectors for Web Scraping

HTML selectors are key to web scraping, allowing developers to target specific elements on a webpage. By using these selectors, developers can extract data precisely.

Web scraping involves getting data from websites by navigating their HTML structure. HTML selectors are crucial, letting you pinpoint specific tags, attributes, or content. Whether extracting product prices or headlines, selectors are your guide.

Using HTML selectors effectively streamlines data extraction and reduces errors. They help you focus on important elements, saving time and effort in gathering insights from online sources.

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Web Scraping with Kotlin Programing Language

In today's data-driven world, information is power. Those who can efficiently gather and analyze data hold a distinct advantage. Web scraping has quickly become an essential tool for developers and data analysts looking to extract valuable information from websites. But why choose Kotlin for this task? Kotlin, a modern programming language, offers a fresh perspective and powerful tools for web scraping, making it simpler and more efficient.

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Anti-Bot Systems: How Do They Work and Can They Be Bypassed?

Anti-bot systems are technologies designed to protect websites from automated interactions, such as spam or DDoS attacks. However, not all automated activities are harmful: for instance, bots are sometimes necessary for security testing, building search indexes, and collecting data from open sources. To perform such tasks without being blocked by anti-bot systems, you will need specialized tools.

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ScrapegraphAI: Powering Web Scraping with LLMs

Web scraping has evolved from simple rule-based extraction to more advanced techniques that rely on large language models (LLMs) for context-aware data extraction. ScrapegraphAI is at the forefront of this evolution, enabling web scraping through powerful LLMs like OpenAI, Gemini, and even local models like Ollama. In this blog, we'll dive into what ScrapegraphAI is, how it works, and walk through a real-world example of scraping data from a website with proxy integration.

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Best Websites to Practice Web Scraping for Beginners

Web scraping can seem like a complex task, especially for beginners. But with the right resources, you can master it in no time! This blog post will guide you through the essentials of web scraping, highlighting the best websites to practice and hone your skills.

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