Field notes from the world of data extraction.

Claude skills, MCP or Web Scraping Copilot: Which should you choose?

Compare Claude skills, MCP servers, and Web Scraping Copilot to understand when to use each for AI-powered web scraping, data extraction, and production pipelines with Zyte API.

Supercharging web scraping with Claude skills

Learn how Claude skills can automate HTML fetching, AI parsing, selector generation, and structured data extraction to build faster, smarter web scraping workflows.

Is your AI breaking the law? Legal experts’ advice for web scrapers

Legal experts discuss how AI, web scraping, copyright law, and the EU AI Act intersect—covering fair use, data provenance, and compliance risks for businesses.

Screenshot webpages with this Claude Skill and Zyte API

0% Hallucination? RAG + Web Scraping (Step-by-Step)

Brewing a bot: RAG and web data fuel the perfect coffee recommendation

Learn how to build a real-time AI chatbot using RAG, web scraping, Zyte API, LangChain, and OpenAI. Scrape JavaScript-heavy websites, store data in a vector database, and generate accurate answers from fresh web data.

Beyond text: Unlocking value on the multimedia web

The web is about more than the written word. Why companies are racing to harness the power of video, audio and pictures.

A data scientist's guide to stress-free product scraping

As a data scientist, your job is to find patterns, build models, and generate insights. To do that, you first need to reliably acquire web data. Competitor pricing, product specifications, consumer reviews - you name it, data scientists need it.

Why Python Requests gets "403 Forbidden"

If you’ve had your HTTP request blocked regardless of using correct headers, cookies, and good IPs, there’s a chance you are running into one of the simplest forms of blocking, and one of the most confusing for beginners.

Building a production-style web scraper with Scrapy, Docker, and PostgreSQL

Demo project scrape2postgresql shows how to scrape structured data with Scrapy, store it in PostgreSQL, and run both the spider and database in separate containers using Docker Compose.

Why Page One SERP data Is no longer enough for SEO and AI systems

Page-one SERP data shows visibility, but deeper results reveal volatility, trends, and opportunity. Learn why SEO platforms and AI systems need full-depth data.

Why pagination logic becomes operational debt at SERP scale

SERP pagination becomes brittle and expensive at scale. Learn why retries, deduplication, and ordering logic turn into operational debt over time.