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XPath vs CSS selectors
12 min read

XPath vs CSS selectors

Looking at the differences between XPath expressions and CSS selectors. When it is best to use an XPath expression and when a CSS selector. Advantages and drawbacks of each.

Alexander M
6 min read

How to use a Proxy with Ruby and Faraday

Learn how to use a proxy with Ruby and Faraday and prevent your IP from being blacklisted.

Yasoob Khalid
10 min read

How to scrape data from realtor.com

Learn how to use selenium to scrape data from realtor.com and evade bot detection.

Yasoob Khalid
15 min read

Using CSS Selectors for Web Scraping

We are taking a look at how CSS selectors can help us in web scraping, what their syntax is, how we build an ideal selector string, and how they are supported in mainstream languages.

Alexander M
13 min read

How to scrape data from idealista

Learn how to use selenium to scrape data from Idealista and evade bot detection.

Yasoob Khalid
11 min read

The 6 Best mobile and 4G proxy providers for web scraping

This post will show you the top 6 mobile and 4g proxy provider for web scraping like ScrapingBee and Airproxy.

Kevin Sahin
8 min read

How to Parse HTML in Ruby with Nokogiri?

Learn to parse HTML with Ruby and Nokogiri with this step-by-step tutorial. We will see the different ways to scrape the web in Ruby through lots of example with the Nokogiri library.

Aniket Bhattacharyea
9 min read

Web Scraping Booking.com

Learn how to easily scrape search listings from booking.com.

Yasoob Khalid
11 min read

How to scrape data from Twitter.com

Learn how to use selenium to scrape data from Twitter.

Yasoob Khalid
9 min read

Using Watir to automate web browsers with Ruby

In this tutorial, you will learn about browser automation and how to do it using Watir and Ruby.

Jude Ero
17 min read

The Best Web Scraping Tools for 2022

Web scraping tools are used to extract data from the internet. Here is our list of the top 8 best web scraping tools for 2022.

Kevin Sahin
16 min read

Web Scraping with R

Learn web scraping with R with this step-by-step tutorial. We will see the different ways to scrape the web in R through lots of example.

Parikshit Joshi
6 min read

How to use a Proxy with Axios and Node JS

In this tutorial we will see how to use a proxy with the fetch node package. We will also discuss on how to choose the right proxy provider.

Yasoob Khalid
7 min read

How to use a Proxy with HttpClient in C#

In this tutorial we will see how to use a proxy with the C# HttpClient library. We will also discuss on how to choose the right proxy provider.

Yasoob Khalid
9 min read

Using Parsel to Extract Text from HTML in Python

This tutorial will teach you how to parse HTML using Parsel. You will learn to use CSS selectors and XPath expressions to extract meaningful data from HTML documents.

Vivek Singh
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