Joe Troyer

Response status code 429 typically indicates that the client is making too many requests. This is a common occurrence in web scraping when the process is too rapid. One method to circumvent status code 429 is to moderate our connections using rate limiting. This approach is particularly prevalent when utilizing large-scale asynchronous scrapers like Python’s

When attempting to scrape pages safeguarded by PerimeterX, we may come across messages such as “Please verify you are Human: Press & Hold”: This message indicates that the web scraper has been detected and is being blocked. PerimeterX employs a variety of fingerprinting and detection methods, including: Javascript Fingerprinting TLS fingerprinting Other factors like request

When encountering a response status code 520, it typically signifies that the server was unable to generate a valid response, often associated with Cloudflare. This error is particularly vexing because it points to a range of potential issues, from server overloads to configuration mismatches, that are not directly disclosed. For web scraping practitioners, a 520

“Error 1010: The owner of this website has banned your access based on your browser’s signature” is a common issue when using browser automation tools like Puppetter, Playwright, or Selenium for web scraping. This error arises because Cloudflare can detect the non-standard browser signatures that these tools often produce, distinguishing them from regular browsers used