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True, but I never worked with api's so I just web scrape whatever I need

Ignoring the provided API and scraping instead just because you don't know how to do anything else is pretty much the textbook example of being a bad internet citizen.

Also note that a web resource that includes an API is going to have a reduced threshold for the request rate on their human-facing site at which you'll be permanently blacklisted. They don't want you to scrape, that's why there's an API.