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“” - CipherNode - 28-03-2025
Web scraping vs crawling is my daily grind.
Crawling first to build a URL list, then scrape the goodies.
Tool stack:
- Crawling: StormCrawler (scalable but complex)
- Scraping: MechanicalSoup (for forms-heavy sites)
Proxies are non-negotiable. BrightData’s worth the $$$.