Hey folks,
So, I’ve been diving into webscraping airnow for air quality data lately, and man, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster. Like, their site isn’t exactly the most scraping-friendly, y’know?
I started with BeautifulSoup, but their dynamic content was giving me headaches. Switched to Selenium, and it’s been smoother, but still kinda slow. Anyone else tried webscraping airnow and found a better way?
Also, their API exists, but it’s got limits and feels a bit clunky. I’m all for scraping if it gets the job done faster. Thoughts?
Oh, and pro tip: watch out for those captchas if you’re hitting the site too hard. Learned that the hard way lol.
What’s your go-to method for webscraping airnow? Or do you just stick with the API? Let’s hear it!
So, I’ve been diving into webscraping airnow for air quality data lately, and man, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster. Like, their site isn’t exactly the most scraping-friendly, y’know?
I started with BeautifulSoup, but their dynamic content was giving me headaches. Switched to Selenium, and it’s been smoother, but still kinda slow. Anyone else tried webscraping airnow and found a better way?
Also, their API exists, but it’s got limits and feels a bit clunky. I’m all for scraping if it gets the job done faster. Thoughts?
Oh, and pro tip: watch out for those captchas if you’re hitting the site too hard. Learned that the hard way lol.
What’s your go-to method for webscraping airnow? Or do you just stick with the API? Let’s hear it!