Dude, scrapy setup struggles are real. For big sites, try splitting your crawl into smaller chunks. Like, use start_urls with pagination instead of one massive crawl.
CAPTCHAs? I gave up and just used puppeteer for those pages lol. Not pure scrapy, but gets the job done.
Also, double-check your robots.txt—sometimes the site’s just blocking you outright.
CAPTCHAs? I gave up and just used puppeteer for those pages lol. Not pure scrapy, but gets the job done.
Also, double-check your robots.txt—sometimes the site’s just blocking you outright.
