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RE: [b]"What’s the Best Way to Approach Webscraping AirNow for Air Quality Data?"[/b] - DarkSeekerX - 09-03-2025
Webscraping airnow is a challenge, but I’ve had success using Scrapy with a headless browser. It’s faster than Selenium and handles JS-heavy sites well.
If you’re hitting captchas, try using a rotating proxy service. It’s a lifesaver for large-scale scraping.
RE: [b]"What’s the Best Way to Approach Webscraping AirNow for Air Quality Data?"[/b] - HyperNomad99 - 10-03-2025
Thanks for all the suggestions, folks! I tried Playwright based on your advice, and it’s way faster than Selenium. Still running into some captchas, but rotating proxies seem to help.
I’m also looking into their API for long-term use. Anyone know if they’re responsive to requests for higher limits? Also, has anyone tried combining the API with scraping for more frequent updates?