Company
Date Published
Author
Antonello Zanini
Word count
3223
Language
English
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None

Summary

Apify, a comprehensive web scraping and data extraction platform, allows users to develop and run custom web scraping tools called Actors in the cloud, facilitating data collection, processing, and automation. The integration of Bright Data’s Scraping Browser with Apify offers enhanced reliability and efficiency for web scraping tasks. Scraping Browser, designed specifically for web scraping, provides features like reliable TLS fingerprints, unlimited scalability, built-in IP rotation, automatic retries, and CAPTCHA-solving capabilities. These features make it compatible with major browser automation frameworks without requiring new API knowledge or third-party dependencies. Utilizing Scraping Browser on Apify reduces cloud costs, tackles anti-bot challenges, and simplifies proxy management. This integration simplifies the scraping workflow, improves reliability, and decreases the time and effort needed to deploy web scraping bots, particularly for sites with strict anti-bot measures like Amazon. The article outlines a step-by-step guide to building an Apify Actor using Python and Playwright, integrating Scraping Browser, and effectively extracting product data from Amazon while bypassing common obstacles such as IP bans and CAPTCHAs.