Even if you’re an experienced developer, scraping a website for large amounts of public data might get you blocked, eventually. It’s a common challenge, especially if you gather public data on a large scale without a decent knowledge of using resources wisely. In the second episode of OxyCast, the host – Augustinas Kalvis (Software Developer at Oxylabs), and a special guest – Martynas Saulius (Python Developer at Oxylabs), explain the blocking process in-depth and what daily scraping challenges even skilled developers encounter, and how to avoid them.*
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why is it essential to ensure web scraper’s reliability and scalability? How to do it?
- How do websites detect bots?
- What happens when you get blocked?
- Which web scraping blocking methods are encountered most?
- What are the most common ways to mitigate the blocking?
*Information provided in this episode is based on our clients' use of Oxylabs' innovative solutions and tools for scraping publicly available data.
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