"Has anyone tried Selenium scraping YouTube? Need tips for handling dynamic content!"
Hey folks,
So I've been messing around with Selenium scraping YouTube for a project, and man, the dynamic content is killing me. Videos load lazily, comments take forever to populate, and sometimes the elements just don't show up.
Anyone got tricks to make this smoother? I'm using explicit waits, but it feels like playing whack-a-mole with the page. Also, does YouTube shadow DOM make things worse?
Side note: I’ve heard Puppeteer might be better, but I’m stuck with Selenium for now. Any hacks or workarounds?
Thanks in advance!
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*PS: If you’ve hit captchas or throttling, lemme know how you dealt with that too. This feels like a rabbit hole lol.*
Hey folks,
So I've been messing around with Selenium scraping YouTube for a project, and man, the dynamic content is killing me. Videos load lazily, comments take forever to populate, and sometimes the elements just don't show up.
Anyone got tricks to make this smoother? I'm using explicit waits, but it feels like playing whack-a-mole with the page. Also, does YouTube shadow DOM make things worse?
Side note: I’ve heard Puppeteer might be better, but I’m stuck with Selenium for now. Any hacks or workarounds?
Thanks in advance!
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*PS: If you’ve hit captchas or throttling, lemme know how you dealt with that too. This feels like a rabbit hole lol.*