What’s the best way to handle screen scraping in Node.js? or How can I efficiently do screen scraping

Honestly, Playwright > Puppeteer for screen scraping node js imo. It’s like Puppeteer but with better cross-browser support and less flaky.

For avoiding blocks, try mimicking human behavior—random mouse movements, scroll delays, etc. Some sites also freak out if you don’t have cookies enabled, so make sure your scraper handles that.

Also, if you’re hitting CAPTCHAs a lot, maybe consider an API solution like ScraperAPI or Zenscrape. Saves the headache.