How Do You Create a Web Crawler? Tips, Tools, and Best Practices for Beginners

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Wow, thanks for all the awesome replies, everyone! I’ve been playing around with Scrapy and BeautifulSoup, and it’s definitely making more sense now. I tried adding some delays with `time.sleep()` like someone suggested, and it’s helping a ton with not overloading servers.

I’m curious though—has anyone used Playwright or Puppeteer for dynamic content? I’m still struggling with JS-heavy sites, and Selenium feels a bit clunky. Also, any tips on handling CAPTCHAs? That’s the next hurdle I’m dreading.

Thanks again for all the help—this community rocks!

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