Best Practices for Web Scraping in R: How to Handle Dynamic Content and Avoid Getting Blocked?

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Hey! Web scraping in R is a challenge, especially with dynamic content. RSelenium is the way to go for JS-heavy pages—it’s a bit of a pain to set up, but it’s worth it.

Also, check out `rvest`’s `html_session` function—it can handle some dynamic content without needing RSelenium.

For blocks, I use a combo of random delays, rotating user agents, and proxies. It’s not perfect, but it helps.

Keep at it—you’ll get there!

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