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

If you’re new to screen scraping node js, start with Cheerio. Less moving parts, and you’ll learn the basics faster.

Puppeteer’s great but overkill for simple stuff. And yeah, CAPTCHAs suck—proxies and delays help, but some sites will always detect you.

One trick: spoof your user-agent and headers. Sites often block default Puppeteer ones.

Also, check out “The Art of Web Scraping” on Medium. Solid read for beginners.