Cheerio npm is still king for static stuff—no contest. But you’re right, it falls flat with React/AJAX.
If you’re scraping a mix of static and dynamic, maybe try axios + cheerio npm for the easy parts and then use a headless browser for the rest.
Also, for messy HTML, cheerio npm’s selectors are pretty robust, but sometimes you gotta clean the markup first. Maybe toss in a sanitizer lib?
If you’re scraping a mix of static and dynamic, maybe try axios + cheerio npm for the easy parts and then use a headless browser for the rest.
Also, for messy HTML, cheerio npm’s selectors are pretty robust, but sometimes you gotta clean the markup first. Maybe toss in a sanitizer lib?