How Zyte API takes care of the fundamental needs of your web scraping project!

?Hi there,

?Today, I want to talk to you all and share my excitement about Zyte API?-it?might just change the way you scrape the web forever. I hope after reading this you are inspired to create and account and?give it a try.?

?Zyte API is a game-changer for web scraping, it eliminates the most time consuming and difficult challenges of scraping, making designing and developing?scalable web data projects incredibly simple - so, now you can focus on solving real problems with less code, with the quality data at hand.

I am so proud of the talented developers at Zyte who created an API that I can't stop bragging about. So let me actually tell you why I am in awe of?Zyte API!

In this issue, you will learn:?

1. How Zyte API simplifies the fundamentals of your web scraping project!
2. How to try Zyte API yourself.
3. How to integrate Zyte API with Scrapy and Python.
4. How to Migrate to Zyte API from Smart Proxy Manager.
5. ?? Call For Proposals For Extract Summit 2023.

As always never hesitate to get in touch, and happy data hunting!

How Zyte API takes care of the fundamental needs of your web scraping project!

?When you plan the tech stack for a web scraping project, there are six pieces of the puzzle that require your attention and set the foundation of the project namely -

1. A base technology/ framework, for example, Scrapy.
2. A rotating proxy solution like Smart Proxy Manager.
3. An advanced anti-ban solution like Smart Browser.
4. A browser automation tool to process JavaScript and extract dynamic elements, e.g. headless browser libraries like Playwright , Puppeteer, or Selenium.
5. A software to deploy spiders/scrapers to run for days/weeks, like Scrapy Cloud.
6. A maintenance and monitoring tool, like Spidermon.

P.S. The examples given in the steps above, is the tech stack that developers use at Zyte .

The graph flows like this:

1 —> 2 —> 3 —> 4 —> 5 —> 6?

Scrapy→ Smart Proxy Manager —> Advanced Anti-ban Solution —> Browser Automation —> Scrapy Cloud —> Spidermon.

?This list grows even further if you don’t use the Scrapy framework and use other languages like Python, Java, Node.js, or C#.

When putting these puzzle pieces together, the biggest challenge is integration. Six levels of integration takes a lot of time, resources, and management. Especially when it comes to scaling it up.?

The good news is that Zyte API is powerful enough to take care of the rotating proxy solution, anti-bans, browser automation and a lot more. So basically, Zyte API drastically simplifies the tech stack for you.?

1 —> [2 + 3 + 4] —> 5 —> 6 :: Scrapy → Zyte API → Scrapy Cloud → Spidermon.

The entire puzzle is now reduced from 6 steps to 4.

Don’t you believe me? Try Zyte API yourself.

?I have curated a list of links that you would need to try it out yourself.

1.?Sign up and Get the API key.

2.?Zyte API tutorial - an end-to-end tutorial to use some of the main features of Zyte API.

3. Zyte API’s Web Dashboard.?- so you can easily test Zyte API requests, e.g. to?calculate costs.?

4.?General Usage.

5.?Browserhtml.

6.?Screenshots.

7.?Browser actions?.

Migrating from Smart Proxy Manager to Zyte API

This guide draws detailed parallels between a rotating proxy solution - Smart Proxy Manager and all in one solution-Zyte API, which will make sense of multiple topics- residential proxies, cookie handling, session management, smart geolocation, browser HTML, screenshots, browser actions, user throttling, etc. Consider this guide as a curated list of these topics in one place.

Zyte API client software- Integration with Scrapy and Python

As I mentioned earlier, when choosing the products for any large-scale project, it is important to select the products that integrate seamlessly with each other.

One thing I absolutely love about Zyte is that they actually work on those pain points. Since a majority of the developers use either Python or Scrapy framework for web scraping, Zyte came up with the following solutions that make using Zyte API easier.?

• python-zyte-api?is a Python package that offers both a command-line client and an?asyncio?API.
• scrapy-zyte-api?is a?Scrapy?plugin.

Other Resources: Webinar

And don't forget to watch this webinar : Enterprise web scraping: More data, more reliably to discover

• The power of Zyte API -?the only anti-ban tool?you’ll ever need
• A demo of our technology that ensures?complete accuracy
• How to?scale even further?with the same budget
• Our Enterprise service?custom-made?for you
• Our?future roadmap?for an even simpler web scraping

?? Call For Proposals For Extract Summit 2023

?We are bringing together the global leaders of the web scraping and data extraction industry at the?Extract Summit 2023.

Have a great topic??Apply to speak?Here! If you are doubtful about an idea and need someone to brainstorm with. Remember I am just a?message away?:)

?Watch the previous year Extract Summit talks,?here.?

Written by- Neha Setia Nagpal, Developer Advocate & Web Data Evangelist, Zyte. She is a storyteller and loves to weave stories to explain tech concepts in a funny yet relatable way. Want to know how baking cakes and web data acquisition is similar? Feel free to message her.