Puppeteer is my go-to for screen scraping node js projects, especially when dealing with dynamic content. Yeah, it’s a bit heavy, but the trade-off is worth it for the flexibility.
For CAPTCHAs, rotating proxies (like Bright Data or Luminati) + random delays between requests can help avoid blocks. Also, check out `puppeteer-extra` with the stealth plugin—makes your scraper look more like a real browser.
If you’re just scraping static stuff, Cheerio + `axios` is lightning fast. Less overhead, but obv limited.
Tutorial-wise, ScrapingBee’s blog has some solid guides on screen scraping node js without getting blocked.
For CAPTCHAs, rotating proxies (like Bright Data or Luminati) + random delays between requests can help avoid blocks. Also, check out `puppeteer-extra` with the stealth plugin—makes your scraper look more like a real browser.
If you’re just scraping static stuff, Cheerio + `axios` is lightning fast. Less overhead, but obv limited.
Tutorial-wise, ScrapingBee’s blog has some solid guides on screen scraping node js without getting blocked.