What are the most useful scripts to scrape websites or hit API for automation? Alternatively: Looking

For quick and dirty scraping, Bash + cURL + jq can work surprisingly well for simple APIs.

But if you’re serious, Python’s aiohttp is great for async scraping—way faster than Requests.

Avoid blocks? Use rotating IPs and respect robots.txt (lol, but seriously).

I’ve found some gems in random subreddits like r/webscraping. People share their scripts and tips there.