They’re related but not the same. Crawling is about *navigation*—following links, building a map. Scraping is about *extraction*—grabbing the juicy bits.
If you’re just pulling data from a handful of pages, skip crawling. Tools like PyQuery or even Excel Power Query can handle basic scraping.
But if you’re dealing with pagination or hidden links, a crawler helps.
If you’re just pulling data from a handful of pages, skip crawling. Tools like PyQuery or even Excel Power Query can handle basic scraping.
But if you’re dealing with pagination or hidden links, a crawler helps.