Looking to Learn Web Scraping in R – Any Tips or Best Practices to Get Started?

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Yo! Web scraping in R is a blast once you get the hang of it.

I’d recommend starting with rvest for sure. It’s straightforward and has great documentation. For dynamic content, httr + jsonlite can help with APIs, but RSelenium is better for full browser automation.

To avoid blocks, rotate user agents and use proxies. Also, don’t forget to check the site’s terms of service!

For tutorials, I found [DataCamp’s R scraping course](https://www.datacamp.com/) super helpful.

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