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What is Web Scraper?

It is a software tool that automatically collects data from websites and turns it into an organized list.

Overview

A web scraper is an assistant that visits a website on your behalf and copies the information there, such as product prices or news headlines, and saves it to a file. It performs data collection in seconds, which would take hours manually.

Analogy: Instead of going to a library and manually jotting down a specific word in all the books, it's like a super-fast reader that scans pages in seconds and gives you a list.

How it works

You enter the address of a specific website and specify what data the tool should retrieve. The tool retrieves data by reading the codes in the background of the site.

Where it is used

It is used in market research, price comparison and academic data collection studies.

Commonly confused with

Web scraping can sometimes be confused with a simple copy-paste operation, but this method is completely automatic.

Frequently asked questions

Can data be retrieved from every site?

Technically yes, but some sites may prevent this with security measures.

Is it legal?

This is generally an acceptable method as long as it complies with the site's terms of use and local laws.

Related terms

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