Which programming libraries do you use for web scraping? I’ve been using BS but I wonder if there’s easier or better python languages for scraping
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BeautifulSoup is good for scraping i like it the nmost
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BeautifulSoup is alright if you’re just dipping your toes into scraping simple stuff. But it kind of trips up with those fancy websites where things move and change because it can’t handle JavaScript.
If you want something slicker, go for Selenium. It’s like having a mini browser that does all the heavy lifting for you, handling clicks and all that jazz just like you would. So, when a page gets all dynamic, Selenium keeps up without breaking a sweat. Super handy and not too tough to learn either!
BeautifulSoup is great for grabbing static pages, but it falls flat with websites that are always updating or changing, you know, like when stuff loads in as you scroll. That’s where Puppeteer comes in. It acts just like a browser, doing all the clicking and scrolling for you, which makes it perfect for handling those tricky dynamic sites that BeautifulSoup can’t touch.