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

Screen scraping isn’t dead, but it’s *high-maintenance*.

I’ve been using Browserless.io for headless scraping—saves me from managing browsers locally.

For blocking, try adding random delays between requests. And yeah, proxies. Always proxies.

Man, screen scraping used to be so easy. Now it’s like hacking into the Pentagon.

I’ve had decent luck with Cheerio + Axios for static sites. For dynamic stuff, Playwright is my go-to.

And if you’re getting blocked, try scraping during off-hours. Less traffic = less bot detection.