Web Scraping & Data Extraction

TL;DR - We just gave Skyvern the ability to write and maintain its own code, making it 2.7x cheaper and 2.3x faster. Give it a prompt (or a series of prompts), and the AI will generate and maintain playwright code while it runs. Try out the via Open Source or Cloud 💡 Recap: What is Skyvern? It’s an open source tool that helps companies automate things in the browser with AI. We use computer vision + LLMs to turn prompts into automations that run. We serve both technical and non-technical custo

You've probably spent hours wrestling with Python scraping libraries that break whenever a site updates. Tools like Beautiful Soup and Selenium were built for a simpler web (one that no longer exists in 2025). Modern websites actively block scrapers with shifting layouts, anti-bot measures, and JavaScript execution that make XPath selectors useless overnight. A scraper that works today can break within days on sites with frequent layout updates or active anti-bot policies. In this post, we'll c

You've likely hit that frustrating wall where your web scraping gets blocked or certain sites just won't load from your location. When residential proxy vs VPN becomes a consideration, you're usually dealing with automation challenges that need smarter solutions than basic scripts can provide. The truth is, residential proxies have become important for anyone serious about reliable web automation, but there's a lot of confusion about what they actually do and when you need them. TLDR: * Resi

TL;DR - We just gave Skyvern the ability to write and maintain its own code, making it 2.7x cheaper and 2.3x faster. Give it a prompt (or a series of prompts), and the AI will generate and maintain playwright code while it runs. Try out the via Open Source or Cloud 💡 Recap: What is Skyvern? It’s an open source tool that helps companies automate things in the browser with AI. We use computer vision + LLMs to turn prompts into automations that run. We serve both technical and non-technical custo

You've probably spent hours wrestling with Python scraping libraries that break whenever a site updates. Tools like Beautiful Soup and Selenium were built for a simpler web (one that no longer exists in 2025). Modern websites actively block scrapers with shifting layouts, anti-bot measures, and JavaScript execution that make XPath selectors useless overnight. A scraper that works today can break within days on sites with frequent layout updates or active anti-bot policies. In this post, we'll c

You've likely hit that frustrating wall where your web scraping gets blocked or certain sites just won't load from your location. When residential proxy vs VPN becomes a consideration, you're usually dealing with automation challenges that need smarter solutions than basic scripts can provide. The truth is, residential proxies have become important for anyone serious about reliable web automation, but there's a lot of confusion about what they actually do and when you need them. TLDR: * Resi

You're stuck with a website that has no API, and you need data from it regularly. The frustrating reality is that most websites still don't offer APIs, but the good news is that modern web scraping platforms can fill the gap. Let's break down the methods that actually work and the best practices that'll save you from building something that breaks every time the website changes. TLDR: * You can turn any website into an API using AI-powered browser automation, even without native APIs * Tradi

If you've ever used Puppeteer for web scraping, you likely understand the frustration of your perfectly crafted script break the moment a website decides to move a button or change a class name. We've all been there: spending hours debugging XPath selectors that worked yesterday but mysteriously fail today. The frustrating reality is that traditional Puppeteer scraping with headless Chrome, while powerful, creates brittle automation that requires constant maintenance every time websites update t

Web scraping lets users quickly collect large amounts of data from the internet. All web scrapers, though, face the danger of being banned by websites that have implemented anti-bot restrictions around their data. This post covers the best practices for web scraping while avoiding bans. We will cover common anti-bot actions websites use, present strategies to lower these risks, and discuss the effective use of tools like proxies and headless browsers. Following these guidelines will give web scr