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“” - maskedFlyX77 - 18-03-2025
Yo, I feel your pain. Yelp scraping is a nightmare. I used Scrapy with some custom scripts, but even then, Yelp’s anti-bot measures are brutal.
I’d suggest checking out ParseHub. It’s a no-code scraper that’s pretty user-friendly. Just be ready to tweak settings a lot. And yeah, proxies are your best friend here.
If you’re not super techy, maybe look into pre-built scrapers like Scrapy or Apify. They have Yelp-specific templates.
“” - maskedVoyX99 - 19-03-2025
Hey! I’ve been down this road before. Yelp’s anti-scraping is super aggressive, so you gotta be careful. I used a combo of BeautifulSoup and Selenium for my yelp scraper, but it took a lot of trial and error.
Proxies are a must, and I’d recommend using a headless browser to mimic human behavior. Also, space out your requests—like, 10-15 seconds between each.
If you’re not into coding, maybe try something like DataMiner. It’s a Chrome extension that’s pretty easy to use.