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Sergiu Inizian
Technical Content Writer
Sergiu Inizian is a Technical Content Writer at WebScrapingAPI, creating clear, practical content that helps developers understand the product and use it effectively.
Published Articles
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Cheerio vs Puppeteer: How to Pick the Right Tool
TL;DR: Cheerio is a lightweight HTML parser; Puppeteer drives a real Chromium browser. Use Cheerio when the data is already in the raw HTML, Puppeteer when JavaScript renders it, and combine them when a JS-heavy page has many fields to extract per visit.
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5 Amazing Fetch Alternative Js You Need To Know About
Have you been using Fetch for the longest time? If yes, you need to read this blog as we’ll cover 5 amazing Fetch alternative Js that will change everything.
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The 7 Best Residential and Backconnect Proxy Providers for Web Scraping
If the web scraper is the engine, then proxies are the fuel. If you want the best, get backconnect residential proxies. Here are 7 options:
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The 10 Best Mobile Proxy Services for Web Scraping
Proxies are essential for web scraping. Discover how mobile proxies aid your scraping project and what are the best proxy providers online.
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Web Scraping Without Getting Blocked: 2026 Playbook
TL;DR: Modern blocks happen across four layers, network, request signature, browser, and behavior. Diagnose the layer first using status codes and challenge pages, then fix it with the right combination of rotating residential proxies, browser-grade headers, TLS impersonation, stealth browsers, and human-like timing. When volume or anti-bot sophistication makes DIY uneconomical, offload the request layer to a managed API.
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Why You Should Use the WebScrapingAPI Toolbox for Your Business
Want to know what a web scraping tool is bringing to the table? Check out our quick guide to WebScrapingAPI's handy features!
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Little-Known Ways to Spy on Your Competitors Using Web Scraping
Putting together a competitor analysis is a must if you want to grow a successful business. Use web scraping and research your competition.
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Building a Web Scraper vs. Using Data Extraction Tools
Web scraping can help and bring plenty of benefits to the media, advertising, or marketing industries. Discover how to use it to your advantage!
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What Is Web Scraping? A Practical Guide for Developers
TL;DR: Web scraping is the automated extraction of public web data into a structured format you can actually use, such as JSON or a spreadsheet. This guide covers what is web scraping at a definitional level, the request-and-parse pipeline behind it, where teams put it to work, the tooling spectrum from no-code to managed APIs, and how to stay on the right side of anti-bot defenses and the law.
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