Yo, I feel your pain! I tried scraping craiglist with phone numbers a while back and ran into the same issues.
Honestly, Octoparse is worth the effort if you’re not super into coding. It’s got a decent UI and handles dynamic content better than some other tools.
For phone numbers, I’d recommend using a combo of BeautifulSoup and regex. It’s not flawless, but it gets the job done.
Also, make sure you’re not hitting their servers too hard—CL can be pretty strict with scraping.
Honestly, Octoparse is worth the effort if you’re not super into coding. It’s got a decent UI and handles dynamic content better than some other tools.
For phone numbers, I’d recommend using a combo of BeautifulSoup and regex. It’s not flawless, but it gets the job done.
Also, make sure you’re not hitting their servers too hard—CL can be pretty strict with scraping.