Use when a site blocks your scraper and you need to get past it — 403 Forbidden on the first request, JS challenges, CAPTCHAs, Cloudflare Turnstile, DataDome, Akamai, PerimeterX, "Just a moment...", access denied, IP bans, or an empty/skeleton page where data should be. Covers diagnosing transient failures vs real…
Use when you want to package a web scraper as a deployable, monetizable Apify Actor in Python — set up the directory structure, choose a runtime pattern (HTTP / impit / Playwright / Camoufox), write the input/output/dataset schemas, deploy with the apify CLI, and configure pay-per-event pricing. Triggers on "build an…
Use when you need B2B leads or company data — business listings with contact info, supplier directories, company/people enrichment, KYB/verification, or trade data. Covers Google Maps (local listings), IndiaMart and JustDial (supplier/business directories), LinkedIn (company employees and candidate finder), GST…
Use when you need to scrape e-commerce product data — titles, brands, prices, MRP/list price, discounts, ratings, variants/sizes, availability, images, and product URLs — from online storefronts and marketplaces. Covers Amazon, Flipkart, AliExpress, Myntra, Nykaa, Meesho, Snapdeal, Noon, AJIO, FirstCry, Tata Cliq, and…
Use when you need data from food-delivery platforms — restaurants, menus, item prices, ratings, and delivery times/fees — for menu and price intelligence, restaurant coverage analysis, market analysis, or competitor menu tracking. Covers Swiggy and Zomato (India), Talabat (Middle East), Deliveroo (UK/UAE/EU), and Noon…
Use when scraping the job market — job listings, salaries, company ratings, or candidate/profile sourcing — from LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, Naukri, Google Jobs, RemoteOK, Wellfound, Monster, ZipRecruiter, Reed, Adzuna, Upwork, CutShort, or AmbitionBox. Covers building a job aggregator, salary benchmarking…
Use when you need property or real-estate listing data — sale and rental listings, asking prices, BHK / bed-bath counts, carpet/built-up area, floor, location and coordinates, and agent/owner details. Covers Rightmove (UK), 99acres, MagicBricks, NoBroker, CommonFloor (India), and Craigslist housing. Triggers on…
Use when scraping reviews, ratings, or reputation data — review text, star ratings, TrustScore, pros/cons, company replies. Covers Trustpilot, G2, Capterra, Yelp, Google Maps, and Shopify review widgets. Triggers on "scrape reviews", "ratings", "brand monitoring", "voice of customer", "VOC", "competitor reviews"…
Use when scraping search engines, SERPs, or SEO data — Google Search organic results, Google News headlines, bulk on-page SEO audits (titles/meta/headings/schema), sitemap and subdomain discovery, or bulk image download from pages. Covers rank tracking, SERP/news monitoring, technical SEO audits at scale, competitive…
Use when you need to scrape social media or content platforms — posts, engagement metrics, profiles, videos, ads, or transcripts — from Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook Ad Library, or IMDb. Covers social listening, influencer research, content and trend analysis, ad-creative…
Use when you need travel and hospitality data — hotels, vacation rentals, attractions, or car-sharing listings with their prices, ratings, reviews, availability, star levels, and amenities. Covers Booking.com, Trip.com/Ctrip, TripAdvisor, and Turo. Use for rate and price monitoring, competitive pricing analysis…
Use when starting any web scraping or structured-data-extraction task and you need to decide HOW to get the data — whether to call an API, run a ready-made scraper, or build a custom one. Covers the cost-first technique ladder (plain HTTP → TLS fingerprint spoof → stealth browser → full browser), the build-vs-buy…