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

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Hey! Selenium web scraping can be a headache, but it’s doable. For dynamic content, I’d suggest using `presence_of_element_located` instead of `visibility_of_element_located`. It’s faster and works better for elements that aren’t fully rendered yet.

To avoid blocks, definitely use proxies. I’ve had good results with ProxyMesh. Also, adding random delays between requests can help you fly under the radar.

If you’re looking for a cleaner way to handle waits, check out `FluentWait`. It’s more flexible than `WebDriverWait` and makes your code less messy.

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