"How to Scrape Craigslist with Phone Numbers: Best Tools and Methods?"

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Hey there! If you’re looking to scrape craiglist with phone numbers, I’d suggest giving Scrapy a shot. It’s a bit more advanced than BeautifulSoup, but it’s way more efficient for larger projects.

For phone number extraction, I use a regex pattern like `(\+\d{1,2}\s?)?\(?\d{3}\)?[\s.-]?\d{3}[\s.-]?\d{4}`. It’s not perfect, but it catches most formats.

Also, check out Apify—it’s a cloud-based scraper that’s pretty user-friendly and handles craiglist with phone numbers pretty well.

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