Field notes from the world of data extraction.
Articles, interviews and analysis on how data is gathered, used and fought over — written by the people closest to it.

Scrapy on the Road to Python 3 Support: Modernizing the Framework
Scrapy on the Road to Python 3 Support - Stay updated on Scrapy's transition to Python 3 support. Prepare your spiders for the future.

Introducing JavaScript Support for Portia: Expanding Web Scraping Capabilities
Introducing JavaScript Support for Portia - Unlock the potential of Portia with JavaScript support. Improve web scraping on JavaScript-rendered pages.

Distributed Frontera: Web Crawling At Scale
This past year, we have been working on a distributed version of our crawl frontier framework, Frontera. This work was partially funded by DARPA and is

The Road to Loading JavaScript in Portia: A Technical Journey
The Road to Loading JavaScript in Portia - Learn about the journey of adding JavaScript support to Portia. Extract data from dynamic websites more efficiently.

EuroPython 2015: Uniting Pythonistas in Europe
Europython 2015 - Calling all Python enthusiasts! Join us at Europython 2015 for insightful talks and networking opportunities.

StartupChats: Embracing Remote Working for Success
StartupChats: Remote Working - Tune in to StartupChats as they discuss the advantages and challenges of remote working.

PyCon Philippines 2015: Celebrating Python and Community
PyCon Philippines 2015 - Join us at PyCon Philippines 2015. Discover the latest trends and innovations in the Python community.

Google Summer of Code 2015: Empowering Open Source Projects
Google Summer of Code 2015 - Get involved in the Google Summer of Code with Zyte. Explore exciting projects and opportunities for students.

Link Analysis Algorithms Explained
When scraping content from the web, you often crawl websites which you have no prior knowledge of. Link analysis algorithms are incredibly useful in these

EuroPython Gold Sponsor
33 Zytans from 15 countries met (most of them, for the first time) in Bilbao. We are also thrilled to have gotten our 8 sessions accepted (5 talks, 1 poster, 1 tutorial, 1 helpdesk) and couldn't feel prouder of being a Gold Sponsor.

Aduana: Link Analysis With Frontera | Zyte
Learn how you can make use of Aduana and Frontera to implement popular page ranking algorithms in your Scrapy projects.

Github repository: Manage Vacations Distributed Team
Leverage a github repository to help manage employee personal vacations, filter each country and their public holidays. Efficiently manage vacations for distributed teams.