Is screen scraping still a reliable way to extract data from websites? or What are the best tools and

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Honestly, screen scraping feels like playing whack-a-mole now. Sites keep changing their structure, and you’re stuck updating your scripts every week.

I’ve had better luck with Scrapy + middlewares for handling blocks. Also, slow down your requests—hammering a site gets you banned fast.

Free tip: Check out `scrapy-user-agents` for rotating user agents.

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