Designing a Reliable Scraping Architecture
Design an end-to-end scraping system: scheduler, URL queue, crawler pool, proxy layer, parser, storage, and monitoring. Production-ready Python code with architecture diagrams.
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How to Scrape JavaScript-Heavy Websites
Scrape JavaScript-rendered content with headless browsers and proxies. Puppeteer, Playwright, and chromedp setup guides with performance optimization and API interception strategies.
How to Scrape Product Reviews at Scale with Proxies
Learn to scrape product reviews from Amazon and other platforms at scale. Python and Node.js code for multi-platform review collection, pagination handling, and sentiment analysis preparation.
Scraping Google Maps Data: Business Listings and Reviews
Learn how to scrape Google Maps for business data including names, addresses, ratings, and reviews. Covers API vs scraping comparison, proxy strategies, and code examples in Python and Node.js.
Handling CAPTCHAs When Scraping
CAPTCHA types, prevention strategies that are more effective than solving, and the critical role of proxies in CAPTCHA avoidance. Code examples for detection and routing.
Monitoring Proxy Performance: Latency, Success Rate, and Alerts
Learn how to instrument, monitor, and alert on proxy performance — track latency percentiles, success rates, error patterns, and bandwidth. Code examples in Python, Node.js, and Go.
Headless Browsers + Proxies: Complete Setup Guide for Puppeteer and Playwright
Step-by-step guide to configuring Puppeteer and Playwright with proxy rotation, stealth plugins, device emulation, and concurrent scraping patterns using residential proxies.
How to Scale Scraping Infrastructure
Architecture patterns for scaling web scraping: queue-based systems, pipeline design, horizontal scaling with containers, and proxy management at scale. Code in Python, Node.js, and Go.
Scaling Proxy Requests with Concurrency Control
Master concurrency patterns for proxy-based scraping: asyncio semaphores, Promise pools, Go worker pools, rate limiters, and backpressure. Production code in Python, Node.js, and Go.
Scraping Rate Limits Explained
How rate limits work, how sites detect scrapers, and practical strategies to stay under limits. Includes adaptive throttling code and distributed rate limiting patterns.
Building a Proxy Middleware Layer for Scraping
Design and build a production-grade proxy middleware layer with retry logic, failover, and metrics. Complete implementations in Python and Node.js using ProxyHat.
How to Scrape Shopify Stores with Proxies: Complete Guide
Learn how to scrape Shopify store data using JSON API endpoints and residential proxies. Complete Python and Node.js code for extracting products, prices, and inventory data.