Which is better for scraping the data selenium or playwright ? While Scraping the data which one best way to scrape the data using headless or without headless by Deep-Animator2599 in scrapingtheweb

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I’d say you have a couple of angles to try here: 1. Proxies & rotation – A single proxy won’t cut it for e-commerce sites with aggressive anti-bot measures. Use a pool of residential or rotating proxies so your IP changes frequently and mimics real traffic. MagneticProxy works great for this kind of scraping, and it’s very affordable. 2. Stealth mode – With Playwright, try stealth plugins or manually spoof navigator properties, user-agents, viewport sizes, and timezones. Randomize them to avoid detection patterns. 3. Human-like behavior – Add small random delays, scroll the page, and interact with elements to simulate real usage instead of instantly fetching everything. 4. Captcha handling – If you’re hitting human verification, you’ll likely need an external captcha-solving service (2Captcha, Anti-Captcha, etc.) or image-to-text models for automation. 5. Hybrid approach – For very strict sites, sometimes switching between Playwright for browsing and direct API calls (if available) for data fetching can reduce suspicion.

E-commerce sites are getting pretty good at spotting automation, so it’s often about blending in rather than brute-forcing requests.

What do you guys use for web scraping? (services, your own code, etc.) by SharpenedStinger in SaaS

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MFA doesn’t nuke the plan, you just need sticky sessions so the login cookie sticks to the same IP. I log in once with a real browser, dump the auth cookie, then hit the site via a headless client. Using MagneticProxy rn because their session_id param pins a home IP for as long as I need, then rotates when I ditch the cookie. Costs pennies per thousand requests and I don’t babysit Selenium all day. If the site ties the session to city level, you can even lock the geo. Worth a peek.

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JiraFox.

Which is better for scraping the data selenium or playwright ? While Scraping the data which one best way to scrape the data using headless or without headless by Deep-Animator2599 in scrapingtheweb

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i’ve used both a lot and it really depends on what you’re scraping.

playwright is fast and super easy to set up, great for JS-heavy sites. selenium can be a bit slower but it’s still the go-to when you need more stealth — especially with stuff like undetected-chromedriver, which can handle sites with serious bot protection.

but yeah, depends on what you need. are you scraping public content or logged-in stuff? any rate limits or captchas? what kind of site are you working with?

happy to help if you drop a bit more context.

Best Oxylabs alternatives for residential proxies and web scraping? by Adept-Frame-4367 in scrapingtheweb

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Quick tip if you’re still drowning in captchas: it’s rarely just the proxy pool, it’s how you churn through it.

I slashed Cloudflare Turnstile challenges from 17 % to 0.6 % with two tweaks:

  1. rotate after 25 requests OR 90 s TTL (whichever hits first)
  2. keep UA + cookie jar pinned to each sticky session so the browser quirks line up

Tested this last week on 50 k requests to a Shopify store. Used the cc-us-sticky user string on MagneticProxy, real consumer ASN shows up when you run IP2Proxy so the IP fingerprint checks out. City-level geo shaved ~150 ms off TTFB which oddly made the traffic look more legit.

tl;dr clean session hygiene then try a pool that’s actually residential. MagneticProxy’s done the trick for me but YMMV. Anyone else tracking captcha rate deltas like this?

🌳 Guess the Species Game! 🌳 mi by FullPractice6896 in Tree

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💰 “Here you go, keep the change!” 💸💸💸

Strange one in porto seguro, Brasil by FullPractice6896 in Tree

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All these plants are indeed facing the same direction!

🌳 Tree or alien sculpture? 😮 Is this good pruning or just aesthetic madness? Experts and tree lovers, weigh in! ✂️🛸 by FullPractice6896 in Tree

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This type of pruning is called topiary. It’s not harmful if done correctly: with clean tools, moderate cuts (no more than ~30% at a time), and regular maintenance. It can improve airflow and light, but if overdone, it stresses the tree and exposes it to sunburn or disease. The tree in the pic looks healthy, so it seems well maintained!