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Using Claygent for Advanced Web Scraping Techniques

“Instructing Claygent to Access Developer Information: You would need to guide Claygent to look beyond the visible text on the page and inspect the network requests or the page's JSON data. This is a more advanced use of Claygent's web scraping capabilities.” Is this doable?

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Claygent is our AI web scraper that can access live data from websites and perform real-time data retrieval. It's designed for "last mile" discovery and can fill virtually any data gaps by gathering highly specific, contextual information. However, Claygent works by analyzing visible web content and extracting information from what's displayed on pages. For more advanced web scraping that involves inspecting network requests or accessing JSON data beyond visible text, you'd need to use our HTTP API feature to connect to specialized scraping tools or services that have those capabilities. Alternatively, our "Scrape Website" action can extract various content types from webpages including body text, links, emails, and phone numbers.
Sources: Enrich with Claygent for Last-Mile Data Discovery - Clay University Claygent: AI Web Scraper [Limitless Research] - Clay University Scrape Website with Clay
Andi D.
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"For more advanced web scraping that involves inspecting network requests or accessing JSON data beyond visible text, you'd need to use our HTTP API feature to connect to specialized scraping tools or services that have those capabilities." what tools would you recommend?
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For advanced web scraping that involves network requests and JSON data, we recommend these specialized tools through our HTTP API: Zenrows - Our go-to solution when Claygent hits its limits. It excels at bypassing anti-scraping measures and handling protected websites. Apify - A comprehensive ecosystem of user-created scrapers for specific platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Yellow Pages, and more. Perfect for bulk sources and specialized data extraction tasks. PhantomBuster - A data extraction and automation platform that enables web scraping and data collection from various websites and social media platforms without extensive coding. Our typical hierarchy is: Claygent first, then Zenrows when Claygent reaches its limits, and Apify for specific bulk scraping tasks.
Sources: Deep Dive: Clay Scrapers [Limitless Research] - Clay University Deep Dive: Apify Actors [Limitless Research] - Clay University Deep Dive: Zenrows Scraping [Limitless Research] - Clay University PhantomBuster x Clay integration | Clay.com