what is data scraping? Think of it like a super-fast, super-precise copy-paste machine. It grabs the data you want from websites and organizes it for you.
Example: Scraping Twitter for tweets with a certain hashtag. A tool can collect all those tweets + metadata (likes, time, etc.) in seconds.
Legal stuff—yeah, it’s fuzzy. Some sites explicitly forbid it, others don’t care. Tools? Start with Simple Scraper (Chrome extension) or Import.io.
Example: Scraping Twitter for tweets with a certain hashtag. A tool can collect all those tweets + metadata (likes, time, etc.) in seconds.
Legal stuff—yeah, it’s fuzzy. Some sites explicitly forbid it, others don’t care. Tools? Start with Simple Scraper (Chrome extension) or Import.io.