web-scraping

To extract content from dynamic pages with anti-bot protection, this tool applies a multi-method cascade strategy. It orchestrates Trafilatura, Requests, and Playwright with stealth to bypass anti-bot mechanisms and successfully extract main textual content.

Scraping social media posts from YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok is handled via specific patterns and yt-dlp related tooling. The process includes poison-pill detection to identify blocked pages and ensure robust data collection across social platforms.

Yes, you can use Playwright with stealth to bypass paywalls and anti-bot blocks on websites. The scraper implements cascade strategies with fallbacks between lightweight requests and JS-rendered pages to effectively handle paywall detection.

A multi-method scraping cascade works by attempting fast text extraction using Trafilatura and lightweight requests first. If these lightweight methods fail on dynamic pages, it automatically falls back to a headless browser using Playwright with stealth.

When web scraping is not working due to poison pills or blocked pages, the tool features built-in poison-pill detection to identify these blocks. It then applies fallback strategies across its scraping cascade to ensure robust data collection.

Yes, you need to respect robots.txt and rate limits when collecting article summaries and product listings. The scraper is designed to extract content from news sites, social posts, and product listings while maintaining these ethical scraping boundaries.