#web-scraping
#web-scraping

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Outsmarting Akamais Bot Detection with JA3Proxy (7/19/2025) | HackerNoon

The Machine Economy represents not just process optimization but a profound shift in the underlying forces that drive economics, as machines take more control over economic functions.

Tech industry

Web development

fromRaymondcamden

2 weeks ago

Extracting Data from Web Pages with AgentQL and BoxLang

AgentQL enables web page data queries using a simplified query language.

Teaching Your AI to Read: A Guide to Scraping, RAG, and Smart Data Insights | HackerNoon

Large Language Models are reshaping data analysis by allowing natural language queries instead of traditional Business Intelligence tools.

Scrape Smarter, Not Harder: Let MCP and AI Write Your Next Scraper for You | HackerNoon

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that enables large language models to interact with external tools and data through a standardized interface.

Web development

2 weeks ago

Kasada Anti-Bot Bypass Techniques: Save Money with These Open-Source Solutions | HackerNoon

The easiest way to detect when a website is using Kasada is by asking it for Wappalyzer, which has a browser extension you can use while visiting a website to detect its tech stack.

E-Commerce

Privacy technologies

3 weeks ago

Anubis: Fighting off the hordes of LLM bot crawlers

Anubis is a CAPTCHA designed to protect websites from LLM bot scraping by increasing operational costs for bot operators.

#ai-bots

3 weeks ago

Privacy technologies

This open-source bot blocker shields your site from pesky AI scrapers - here's how

10 months ago

Artificial intelligence

Cloudflare reins in AI scraper bots with new Audit panel

3 weeks ago

Privacy technologies

This open-source bot blocker shields your site from pesky AI scrapers - here's how

10 months ago

Cloudflare reins in AI scraper bots with new Audit panel

Cloudflare enhances AI bot defense for customers, enabling analytics on web scrapers to improve control over unwelcome content.

Privacy technologies

Cloudflare will now block AI crawlers by default

fromWIRED

Privacy professionals

Cloudflare Is Blocking AI Crawlers by Default

fromThe Verge

Artificial intelligence

Cloudflare is luring web-scraping bots into an 'AI Labyrinth'

Artificial intelligence

Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts

fromThe Verge

Privacy technologies

Cloudflare will now block AI crawlers by default

fromWIRED

Privacy professionals

Cloudflare Is Blocking AI Crawlers by Default

fromThe Verge

Cloudflare is luring web-scraping bots into an 'AI Labyrinth'

Cloudflare's new AI Labyrinth tool confuses web scrapers with decoy pages instead of blocking them.

Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts

Cloudflare introduces 'AI Labyrinth' to combat unauthorized AI web scraping by serving fake content that wastes scraper resources.

more#cloudflare

fromBusiness Matters

Antidetect Browser + Automation: A Safe Setup for Web Scraping and Botting

The integration of antidetect browsers with automation frameworks is essential to counteract advanced web scraping barriers implemented by websites.

This proxy provider I tested is the best for web scraping - and it's not IPRoyal or MarsProxies

Oxylabs provides a robust and ethical web scraping service powered by a vast network of residential proxies.

#nodejs

Node JS

How to Export Your Scraped Data to Json, CSV, or a Database (node.js)

Node JS

How to Export Your Scraped Data to Json, CSV, or a Database (node.js)

Node JS

How to Export Your Scraped Data to Json, CSV, or a Database (node.js)

Node JS

How to Export Your Scraped Data to Json, CSV, or a Database (node.js)

Node JS

How to Export Your Scraped Data to Json, CSV, or a Database (node.js)

Node JS

How to Export Your Scraped Data to Json, CSV, or a Database (node.js)

Paid proxy servers vs free proxies: Is paying for a proxy service worth it?

Proxy servers serve as gateways, providing anonymity and various functionalities for both individuals and businesses.

Reddit sues Anthropic for scraping its users' content without consent

Reddit sues Anthropic for breaching user privacy by scraping content without consent, amid increasing legal challenges to AI content usage.

fromNature

fromSpeckyboy Design Magazine

Web-scraping AI bots cause disruption for scientific databases and journals

It's the wild west at the moment, the biggest issue is the sheer volume of requests [to access a website], which is causing strain on their systems. It costs money and causes disruption to genuine users.

Artificial intelligence

How to Combat AI Bot Traffic on Your Website - Speckyboy

AI tools significantly aid web development but raise concerns over copyright and resources.

Blocking AI bots from scraping websites poses challenges for developers.

3 years ago

Behind the Scenes of Using Web Scraping and AI in Investigative Journalism | HackerNoon

Web scraping is essential for journalists to extract public information and hold authorities accountable.

AI and Proxies: Are They Connected? | HackerNoon

Proxies are crucial for overcoming data collection barriers in machine learning.

E-Commerce

fromEntrepreneur

How Web Data Helps You Stay Ahead of the Competition | Entrepreneur

Ecommerce businesses need to leverage public web data for better decision-making across industries.

#ai-technology

Artificial intelligence

What Does Your AI Agent Need to Conquer the Web? | HackerNoon

Privacy technologies

AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%

Artificial intelligence

What Does Your AI Agent Need to Conquer the Web? | HackerNoon

Privacy technologies

AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%

AI crawlers are circumventing established rules, creating challenges for content platforms.

Wikimedia is focusing on a systemic initiative to address scraping issues and protect its infrastructure.

more#ai-technology

Privacy professionals

fromBusiness Matters

Scraping Proxies: Why They're a Game-Changer for Modern Web Scraping

Scraping proxies are essential for effective web scraping to avoid rate limits and geo-restrictions.

fromTechzine Global

Wikimedia is dealing with a 50 percent increase in bandwidth due to AI crawlers

Wikipedia's bandwidth usage surged 50%, mostly due to AI crawlers, not human users.

AI scraping creates challenges for Wikimedia, slowing access and increasing costs.

#cryptocurrency

1 year ago

Cryptocurrency

The TechBeat: Bybit's $1.5 Billion Hack Proves Crypto's Biggest Flaw Isn't the Blockchain (4/7/2025) | HackerNoon

Cryptocurrency

The TechBeat: Swift init(), Once and for All (4/5/2025) | HackerNoon

1 year ago

Cryptocurrency

The TechBeat: Bybit's $1.5 Billion Hack Proves Crypto's Biggest Flaw Isn't the Blockchain (4/7/2025) | HackerNoon

Cryptocurrency

The TechBeat: Swift init(), Once and for All (4/5/2025) | HackerNoon

A Guide on How to Legally Web Scrape EU Data | HackerNoon

The Markup emphasizes the importance of web scraping for data journalism while navigating legal risks, especially in the EU.

The TechBeat: Your Next Tech Job? Vibe Coding (4/3/2025) | HackerNoon

Web scraping in 2025 faces AI defenses, legal hurdles, and new rules. Learn smart, compliant strategies to keep your data flows running smooth.

Cryptocurrency

Wikimedia Foundation bemoans AI bot bandwidth burden

Web-scraping bots are straining Wikimedia's resources, increasing bandwidth usage by 50% since January 2024, heavily impacting project sustainability.

Marketing tech

fromTechzine Global

Bots now generate majority web traffic

Automated bot traffic now constitutes over half of all web page visits, impacting various sectors significantly.

Privacy technologies

Brave wants court to endorse scraping of News Corp content

Brave's legal action seeks to protect its AI summaries from potential copyright claims by News Corp.

Marketing tech

fromForbes

fromMarcin Wanago Blog - JavaScript, both frontend and backend

New Data Shows Just How Badly OpenAI And Perplexity Are Screwing Over Publishers

AI-powered search engines are sending significantly less referral traffic to news sites compared to traditional search engines.

Web frameworks

fromInfoWorld

5 months ago

Get started with async in Python

Asynchronous programming in Python allows handling multiple tasks efficiently, reducing waiting times.

5 months ago

Web Scraping with Playwright

Playwright enhances web scraping by allowing access to interactive JavaScript content.

Bootstrapping

How to Build a No-Limits Stock Market Scraper with Python | HackerNoon

Building a custom web scraping solution allows for unrestricted access to financial data without the limitations of traditional APIs.

5 months ago

Scala Web Scraping: Step-by-Step Tutorial 2025

Scala's concise syntax makes code easy to read and maintain, providing a unique balance between performance and flexibility for web scraping.

Scala

Miscellaneous

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Managing Stress May Be A Lot Simpler Than You Think (12/17/2024) | HackerNoon

Effective stress management is crucial in tech.

Bluesky API enhances content curation and management.

BadGPT-4o showcases a shift in AI experimentation.

Web scraping and AI facilitate efficient data extraction.

JavaScript