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· 5 min read
Oleg Kulyk

How to download images with NodeJS?

Working with images in NodeJS extends your web scraping capabilities, from downloading the image with an URL to retrieving photo attributes like EXIF. How to achieve the image download and obtain the data?

This article is a part of the series on image downloading with different programming languages. Check out the other articles in the series:

· 8 min read
Oleg Kulyk

How to parse HTML in .NET

HTML parsing is a vital part of web scraping, as it allows convert web page content to meaningful and structured data. Still, as HTML is a tree-structured format, it requires a proper tool for parsing, as it can't be property traversed using Regex.

This article will reveal the most popular .NET libraries for HTML parsing with their strong and weak parts.

· 16 min read
Oleg Kulyk

Web Scraping with Java

Java is one of the most popular and high demanded programming languages nowadays. It allows creating highly-scalable and reliable services as well as multi-threaded data extraction solutions. Let's check out the main concepts of web scraping with Java and review the most popular libraries to setup your data extraction flow.

· 6 min read
Oleg Kulyk

How to download a file with Playwright?

In this article, we will share several ideas on how to download files with Playwright. Automating file downloads can sometimes be confusing. You need to handle a download location, download multiple files simultaneously, support streaming, and even more. Unfortunately, not all the cases are well documented. Let's go through several examples and take a deep dive into Playwright's APIs used for file download.

This guide is a part of the series on web scraping and file downloading with different web drivers and programming languages. Check out the other articles in the series:

· 8 min read
ScrapingAnt Team

Benefits of Web Scraping for Hospitality

We all want our business to succeed. If you are in the hospitality business, you want to hit your targets and surpass them. You want to beat your competitors through anything that will keep you on top or still running. You can achieve this in so many different ways. Lately, and the most modern method of placing your hospitality business upfront is through web scraping.

· 6 min read
ScrapingAnt Team

Uses of Web Scraping for Price Monitoring

Consumers nowadays are constantly looking for discounts, special offers, and compare prices in different online businesses. Therefore, you, too, as a business owner, should be alert and check how prices fluctuate among your competitors. It would be best if you were up to date on pricing so that, you too, can offer your customers better deals. Consequently, you will retain your customers and even reach more.

· 8 min read
ScrapingAnt Team

Residential vs Datacenter Proxies in Web Scraping

Web scraping software has made it extremely helpful for a business to base its advertising system according to the gathered information and make informed decisions. Web scraping software can operate efficiently and safely only with the use of a reliable proxy. In fact, proxies are a significant part of a decent web scraping project. Adding proxies to your scraping programs offers various advantages, however, choosing the best proxy for your scraping project might be a difficult task.