Need help building a Python program to scrape website data – any tips or libraries to use? or What’s

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Hey! For a python program to scrape website data, I'd say start with BeautifulSoup—it's way easier for beginners.

Scrapy is powerful but has a steeper learning curve.

To avoid blocks, use `time.sleep()` between requests and rotate user-agents. Some sites also hate rapid-fire requests.

Structure-wise, keep it modular! One function for fetching, another for parsing, etc. Makes debugging easier.

Check out https://requests.readthedocs.io for requests + BS4 combo.

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