Headless Browsers knowledgebase

While scraping, it’s not uncommon to find that certain page elements are visible in the web browser but not in our scraper. This phenomenon is due to dynamic JavaScript data,

Python boasts a rich ecosystem of libraries for headless browser manipulation, including popular tools like Playwright and Selenium. Despite their capabilities, seamlessly incorporating these tools into Scrapy projects can often

When extracting data from dynamic web pages using Selenium, it’s crucial to allow the page to fully load before capturing the page source. The Selenium WebDriverWait function enables us to

While web scraping, capturing screenshots can provide invaluable insights into the data extraction process, especially when debugging or verifying the output of headless browsers. Puppeteer, a Node library that provides

Headless browser screenshots can serve as a valuable tool for debugging and data collection during web scraping. Utilizing Selenium and Python, the save_screenshot() method allows for the capture of an

XPath selectors are a popular method for parsing HTML pages during web scraping, providing a powerful way to navigate through the complexities of web content in NodeJS and Puppeteer environments.