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Don't spas make scrapers easier cause you can just call the APIs directly?
by beiller 5y ago
Don't spas make scrapers easier cause you can just call the APIs directly?
- BenjiWiebe 5y agoYes, if your bot understands that particular website's API. If your bot only scrapes one website, that's great. If your bot needs to scrape 100's of SPAs all with their own homegrown APIs, have fun.
- beiller 5y agoI know that it is a different challenge reverse engineering a spa's APIs but you gotta admit, the existing system of XML / html parsing and websites making slight tweaks to their layout is the real nightmare.