https://extractfeed.io/ A rolling, agent-readable changefeed for web scraping and data extraction news. https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-releases-official-chatgpt-plugin-595c490/ https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-releases-official-chatgpt-plugin-595c490/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:05:26 GMT Firecrawl has launched an official ChatGPT plugin, enabling users to extract web data directly through conversational AI. https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-introduces-anydoc-and-pdf-inspector-for-document-e-3cefcd2/ https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-introduces-anydoc-and-pdf-inspector-for-document-e-3cefcd2/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:05:21 GMT Firecrawl announced two new tools, Anydoc and PDF Inspector, aimed at improving document and PDF data extraction. https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-introduces-agentic-ocr-for-structured-data-extract-eae1acb/ https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-introduces-agentic-ocr-for-structured-data-extract-eae1acb/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:05:07 GMT Firecrawl has released a new OCR feature that uses AI agents to extract structured data from images and documents. https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-launches-research-index-for-life-sciences-1f24346/ https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-launches-research-index-for-life-sciences-1f24346/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:05:01 GMT Firecrawl announced the launch of a Research Index tailored for the life sciences domain. https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-releases-convex-component-for-web-scraping-integra-86b90c0/ https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-releases-convex-component-for-web-scraping-integra-86b90c0/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:04:56 GMT Firecrawl announced a new Convex component that allows developers to integrate web scraping capabilities directly into their Convex applications. https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-announces-integration-with-eden-ai-33f5214/ https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-announces-integration-with-eden-ai-33f5214/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:04:54 GMT Firecrawl has published a blog post announcing an integration with Eden AI. https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-publishes-case-study-on-11x-s-use-of-its-web-scrap-9f9b4c2/ https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-publishes-case-study-on-11x-s-use-of-its-web-scrap-9f9b4c2/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:04:32 GMT Firecrawl's blog details how sales automation startup 11x uses its web scraping API to automate prospect research. https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-launches-developer-index-for-web-scraping-performa-5aa37fc/ https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-launches-developer-index-for-web-scraping-performa-5aa37fc/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:04:29 GMT Firecrawl announced the launch of a Developer Index to provide benchmarks and performance data for web scraping tools. https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-publishes-enterprise-docker-deployment-guide-for-cb637d4/ https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-publishes-enterprise-docker-deployment-guide-for-cb637d4/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:04:22 GMT Browserless released a guide detailing how to deploy its browser automation service in an enterprise Docker environment. https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-introduces-skill-bucket-for-agent-based-browser-aabceab/ https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-introduces-skill-bucket-for-agent-based-browser-aabceab/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:43:28 GMT Browserless announces a new Skill Bucket feature that allows AI agents to access and use predefined browser automation skills. https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-blog-post-examines-the-pitfalls-of-persisting-br-219e98a/ https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-blog-post-examines-the-pitfalls-of-persisting-br-219e98a/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:43:25 GMT Browserless published a blog post discussing the challenges and drawbacks of persisting browser profiles in automated environments. https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-publishes-guide-on-browser-infrastructure-for-co-2a7a8a2/ https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-publishes-guide-on-browser-infrastructure-for-co-2a7a8a2/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:43:20 GMT Browserless has published a blog post discussing the infrastructure requirements for running browser-based agents that interact with web interfaces on behalf of users. https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-publishes-guide-on-bypassing-datadome-anti-bot-p-eac61a5/ https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-publishes-guide-on-bypassing-datadome-anti-bot-p-eac61a5/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:43:06 GMT Browserless released a blog post detailing techniques to circumvent Datadome's anti-bot system. https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-introduces-the-browser-automation-protocol-6bba0fd/ https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-introduces-the-browser-automation-protocol-6bba0fd/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:49 GMT Browserless has announced a new protocol for browser automation. https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-launches-agent-for-ai-driven-browser-automation-ccdffa4/ https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-launches-agent-for-ai-driven-browser-automation-ccdffa4/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:44 GMT Browserless has introduced a new product called Browserless Agent, designed to enable AI agents to control browser sessions. https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-blog-discusses-robot-training-data-from-public-w-9da3ca9/ https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-blog-discusses-robot-training-data-from-public-w-9da3ca9/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:39 GMT Bright Data's blog explores the use of publicly available web video as a source of training data for robotic AI systems. https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-integrates-with-paperclip-for-ai-driven-data-ext-f0a45a6/ https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-integrates-with-paperclip-for-ai-driven-data-ext-f0a45a6/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:37 GMT Bright Data announces a partnership or integration with Paperclip, an AI tool, as detailed in a blog post on their site. https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-defends-its-network-against-misuse-claims-310a2e7/ https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-defends-its-network-against-misuse-claims-310a2e7/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:32 GMT Bright Data publishes a blog post arguing that its proxy network cannot be used in the ways critics allege. https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-explains-context-as-a-service-for-ai-data-retrie-10366cc/ https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-explains-context-as-a-service-for-ai-data-retrie-10366cc/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:26 GMT Bright Data published a blog post defining Context as a Service, a concept where external context is provided to AI models via structured data feeds. https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-compares-its-cursor-integration-with-default-cod-3f18756/ https://extractfeed.io/story/bright-data-compares-its-cursor-integration-with-default-cod-3f18756/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:11 GMT Bright Data published a blog post comparing its Cursor integration against the default coding agent for web data tasks. https://extractfeed.io/story/playwright-1-63-0-adds-test-locks-for-safe-concurrent-access-2738b90/ https://extractfeed.io/story/playwright-1-63-0-adds-test-locks-for-safe-concurrent-access-2738b90/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:56:32 GMT Playwright 1.63.0 introduces named test locks that prevent concurrent execution of tests sharing the same lock name across files, workers, and projects. https://extractfeed.io/story/apify-outlines-six-methods-for-downloading-instagram-images-451ee85/ https://extractfeed.io/story/apify-outlines-six-methods-for-downloading-instagram-images-451ee85/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:56:49 GMT Apify published a guide covering six techniques for downloading Instagram images, ranging from a simple browser trick to a two-Actor pipeline for full profile extraction. https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-publishes-guide-for-scraping-zillow-listings-9d6de1a/ https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-publishes-guide-for-scraping-zillow-listings-9d6de1a/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:56:53 GMT SerpApi released a tutorial showing how to scrape Zillow real estate listings using its API with multiple programming languages. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-compares-eight-top-python-web-scraping-tools-for-2b8ce4b/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-compares-eight-top-python-web-scraping-tools-for-2b8ce4b/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:56:58 GMT ScrapingBee published a guide comparing eight Python web scraping tools, covering parsers, browser automation, crawling, proxies, and full-stack scraping services. https://extractfeed.io/story/puppeteer-25-10-0-adds-video-stream-screen-recording-and-fir-9409190/ https://extractfeed.io/story/puppeteer-25-10-0-adds-video-stream-screen-recording-and-fir-9409190/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:08 GMT Puppeteer released version 25.10.0 of puppeteer-core, introducing a video-stream-based screen recording feature via page.record() and rolling to Firefox 155.0. https://extractfeed.io/story/stagehand-python-adds-webmcp-tool-support-inside-iframes-d633a05/ https://extractfeed.io/story/stagehand-python-adds-webmcp-tool-support-inside-iframes-d633a05/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:13 GMT Stagehand Python's latest dev release enables discovery and invocation of WebMCP tools registered inside iframes by routing calls through the main CDP session and all adopted OOPIF sessions. https://extractfeed.io/story/apify-streamlines-actor-creation-with-one-click-git-repo-set-7f456bc/ https://extractfeed.io/story/apify-streamlines-actor-creation-with-one-click-git-repo-set-7f456bc/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:15 GMT Apify now lets users select a Git provider during Actor setup, automatically creating a repository, pushing template code, and configuring builds on every push. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-explains-captcha-solvers-and-when-to-avoid-them-80921e5/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-explains-captcha-solvers-and-when-to-avoid-them-80921e5/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:28 GMT ScrapingBee published an article defining CAPTCHA solvers, how they automate challenge responses, and when developers should skip them in scraping workflows. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-explains-how-codewhale-gives-ai-agents-live-web-b2bf90a/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-explains-how-codewhale-gives-ai-agents-live-web-b2bf90a/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:24 GMT ScrapingBee publishes an article detailing how CodeWhale enables AI agents to access live web data by integrating web scraping tools, MCP servers, or framework tools. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-ranks-top-proxies-for-amazon-scraping-in-2026-a0e35f9/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-ranks-top-proxies-for-amazon-scraping-in-2026-a0e35f9/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:18 GMT ScrapingBee published a guide evaluating residential, ISP, and mobile proxies for Amazon scraping, noting that Amazon's anti-bot updates can render previously effective proxies obsolete. https://extractfeed.io/story/stagehand-sdk-exposes-browserbase-search-and-fetch-across-ty-f686c14/ https://extractfeed.io/story/stagehand-sdk-exposes-browserbase-search-and-fetch-across-ty-f686c14/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:31 GMT Stagehand SDK version 4.1.0a0.dev1494 adds Browserbase Search and Fetch APIs to its TypeScript and Python facades, with equivalent Go support via the existing HTTP transport. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-tests-claude-fable-5-1-and-glm-5-3-flash-in-a-live-extr-ed217db/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-tests-claude-fable-5-1-and-glm-5-3-flash-in-a-live-extr-ed217db/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:37 GMT Zyte published a personal benchmark comparing Claude Fable 5.1 and GLM-5.3-Flash on real extraction tasks, revealing that the GLM model matched a model the author had previously encountered. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-analysis-finds-75-of-top-sites-use-robots-txt-but-few-n-e5e97be/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-analysis-finds-75-of-top-sites-use-robots-txt-but-few-n-e5e97be/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:46 GMT Zyte published a study showing that three-quarters of the world's top websites publish a robots.txt file, yet most do not name individual crawlers. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-publishes-guide-to-ai-agent-web-scraping-with-wi-42dda92/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-publishes-guide-to-ai-agent-web-scraping-with-wi-42dda92/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:54 GMT ScrapingBee released a guide covering how to equip AI agents with web scraping capabilities using wigolo and the Model Context Protocol. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-publishes-guide-on-scraping-website-text-for-llm-dca44ea/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-publishes-guide-on-scraping-website-text-for-llm-dca44ea/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:57:51 GMT ScrapingBee released a tutorial covering how to extract all text from a website for use in LLM training pipelines. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-adds-cdp-support-for-browser-automation-on-its-infrastr-b858bca/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-adds-cdp-support-for-browser-automation-on-its-infrastr-b858bca/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:00 GMT Zyte has introduced Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) support, allowing users to run browser automation scripts on Zyte's managed infrastructure. https://extractfeed.io/story/apify-launches-apartments-com-scraper-for-rental-market-anal-4ea2e9e/ https://extractfeed.io/story/apify-launches-apartments-com-scraper-for-rental-market-anal-4ea2e9e/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:02 GMT Apify released a tool to scrape Apartments.com listings at scale and integrate them with ChatGPT for interactive market reports. https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-countersues-reddit-over-api-access-restrictions-dfab48d/ https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-countersues-reddit-over-api-access-restrictions-dfab48d/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:05 GMT SerpApi has filed counterclaims against Reddit in response to Reddit's lawsuit, alleging broken promises of an open internet and unfair API pricing. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-reviews-nine-scrapy-extensions-and-middlewares-for-bd62997/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-reviews-nine-scrapy-extensions-and-middlewares-for-bd62997/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:11 GMT Scrapfly tested nine Scrapy extensions and middlewares against Scrapy 2.18, covering rendering, TLS fingerprints, proxies, extraction, shared queues, and deployment. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-2026-diagnostic-guide-for-blocked-scrapy-6ae174b/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-2026-diagnostic-guide-for-blocked-scrapy-6ae174b/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:14 GMT Scrapfly released a walkthrough covering nine mechanisms that can block a Scrapy spider, from IP reputation to CAPTCHA, with evidence and mitigation steps for each. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingdog-launches-mcp-server-for-ai-powered-web-scraping-89825de/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingdog-launches-mcp-server-for-ai-powered-web-scraping-89825de/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:17 GMT Scrapingdog has introduced an MCP Server that integrates its web scraping and data extraction capabilities directly into AI-powered applications. https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-publishes-roundup-of-best-web-scraping-tools-for-202-f437a05/ https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-publishes-roundup-of-best-web-scraping-tools-for-202-f437a05/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:25 GMT SerpApi has published a guide covering popular web scraping tools, from open-source frameworks like Scrapy and Crawlee to commercial scraping platforms and search APIs. https://extractfeed.io/story/builder-spotlight-goldmine-automated-outreach-and-won-on-api-12278f3/ https://extractfeed.io/story/builder-spotlight-goldmine-automated-outreach-and-won-on-api-12278f3/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:29 GMT Apify profiles a developer who built a LinkedIn scraper for his team and later became a top-rated Apify developer, winning an EMEA prize in the Apify $1 Million Challenge. https://extractfeed.io/story/zenrows-publishes-practical-guide-on-web-data-for-llm-fine-t-3e46095/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zenrows-publishes-practical-guide-on-web-data-for-llm-fine-t-3e46095/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:40 GMT Zenrows outlines how to source clean web data for LLM fine-tuning, warning that a single bad extraction can measurably degrade a small seed set. https://extractfeed.io/story/zenrows-blog-walks-through-scraping-2026-fifa-world-cup-data-31c6573/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zenrows-blog-walks-through-scraping-2026-fifa-world-cup-data-31c6573/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:35 GMT Zenrows published a tutorial demonstrating how to scrape 2026 FIFA World Cup data from a JSON endpoint behind JavaScript, an API with per-session JWT, and server-rendered HTML using Python and its own scraping API. https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-shows-how-to-build-a-web-scraping-pipeline-with-za-402ff8c/ https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-shows-how-to-build-a-web-scraping-pipeline-with-za-402ff8c/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:32 GMT Crawlbase published a guide explaining how to split web retrieval from Zapier's execution window by dispatching async crawls with a callback and catching the finished page in a second Zap. https://extractfeed.io/story/google-introduces-goto-redirect-urls-in-search-serpapi-works-872fc85/ https://extractfeed.io/story/google-introduces-goto-redirect-urls-in-search-serpapi-works-872fc85/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:42 GMT Google is rolling out new /goto redirect URLs across Search, and SerpApi is actively resolving affected links as the implementation evolves. https://extractfeed.io/story/stagehand-python-4-0-3a0-dev1483-adds-stagehand-facade-tool-0c6ec60/ https://extractfeed.io/story/stagehand-python-4-0-3a0-dev1483-adds-stagehand-facade-tool-0c6ec60/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:45 GMT A dev release of Stagehand Python introduces a facade tool surface that allows evals to benchmark the exact byte-identical interface shipped to Claude Code, Codex, and Pi integrations. https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-publishes-guide-on-scraping-walmart-product-reviews-b3a3b9a/ https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-publishes-guide-on-scraping-walmart-product-reviews-b3a3b9a/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:48 GMT SerpApi released a tutorial showing how to use its Walmart Product Reviews API to extract ratings, review text, feedback counts, and reviewer details in structured JSON and export to CSV. https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-explains-http-429-errors-and-rate-limit-best-practic-284d4e5/ https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-explains-http-429-errors-and-rate-limit-best-practic-284d4e5/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:58:54 GMT SerpApi published a guide covering the causes of HTTP 429 errors, how to read Retry-After headers, and strategies for retrying requests without escalating blocking. https://extractfeed.io/story/zenrows-integrates-with-smolagents-to-give-ai-agents-product-bbb5156/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zenrows-integrates-with-smolagents-to-give-ai-agents-product-bbb5156/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:59:10 GMT A tutorial shows how to swap smolagents' plain-requests VisitWebpageTool for a Zenrows-backed tool that bypasses bot checks. https://extractfeed.io/story/zenrows-mcp-brings-live-scraping-to-cursor-s-ai-editor-c22b25e/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zenrows-mcp-brings-live-scraping-to-cursor-s-ai-editor-c22b25e/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:59:07 GMT Zenrows released an MCP integration that lets Cursor users scrape JavaScript-rendered and bot-protected sites directly from the editor. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-publishes-guide-on-mcp-servers-for-web-scraping-114f3a0/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapingbee-publishes-guide-on-mcp-servers-for-web-scraping-114f3a0/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:59:04 GMT ScrapingBee explains how a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server can improve scraping agent performance by keeping context lean and avoiding page bloat. https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-introduces-web-bot-auth-as-an-identity-layer-for-b-5dad3c5/ https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-introduces-web-bot-auth-as-an-identity-layer-for-b-5dad3c5/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:59:01 GMT Crawlbase ships Web Bot Auth, a specification that treats bot identity as a verifiable signature rather than a self-declared claim, on the same day it launches pay-per-crawl pricing. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-2026-guide-to-e-commerce-scraping-tools-d28e260/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-2026-guide-to-e-commerce-scraping-tools-d28e260/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:59:13 GMT Scrapfly's blog post surveys nine e-commerce scraping tools for developers, covering retrieval, extraction, browser automation, and discovery layers. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-argues-eu-ai-scraping-guidelines-rely-on-outdated-robot-62ff000/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-argues-eu-ai-scraping-guidelines-rely-on-outdated-robot-62ff000/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:10:31 GMT Zyte publishes a blog post arguing that Europe's new generative AI scraping guidelines, which lean on the robots.txt protocol, will harm users and entrench monopolies. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-pitches-webfetch-as-a-drop-in-replacement-for-coding-ag-09ecfc0/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-pitches-webfetch-as-a-drop-in-replacement-for-coding-ag-09ecfc0/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:10:34 GMT Zyte published a blog post arguing that its WebFetch CLI tool outperforms the default webfetch tool in coding agents for research and coding workflows. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-six-open-source-youtube-scrapers-by-job-flags-9da6470/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-six-open-source-youtube-scrapers-by-job-flags-9da6470/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:10:37 GMT Scrapfly published a blog post comparing six open-source YouTube scrapers, including a GitHub snapshot from August 11, 2026, and noting two projects that failed in their tests. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-to-scraping-target-com-via-redsky-a-8cad6c2/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-to-scraping-target-com-via-redsky-a-8cad6c2/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:10:44 GMT Scrapfly released a blog post detailing how to extract product and pricing data from Target.com using the internal Redsky API while handling store-keyed prices and PerimeterX anti-bot defenses. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-report-reveals-retailers-as-second-most-aggressive-sect-65d0ea4/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-report-reveals-retailers-as-second-most-aggressive-sect-65d0ea4/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:10:49 GMT Zyte published a blog post detailing how major retail marketplaces deploy anti-bot technology to block AI crawlers and automated data extraction. https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-publishes-technical-guide-on-scaling-headless-brow-32f02ba/ https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-publishes-technical-guide-on-scaling-headless-brow-32f02ba/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:40:43 GMT Crawlbase's blog post details the architecture and capacity planning required to run 10,000 concurrent Playwright sessions across roughly 100 nodes. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-research-argues-web-scraping-faces-pricing-barriers-not-00b8b4e/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-research-argues-web-scraping-faces-pricing-barriers-not-00b8b4e/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:10:52 GMT Zyte's State of Web Access report, discussed in an interview with the researcher, finds that new economic barriers are making web scraping more difficult rather than technical blocks. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-report-finds-fashion-websites-among-the-most-heavily-de-9cb9bf8/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-report-finds-fashion-websites-among-the-most-heavily-de-9cb9bf8/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:10:56 GMT A Zyte blog post examines the anti-bot and blocking measures used by fashion e-commerce sites, finding they are some of the most aggressively protected on the web. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-tutorial-on-scraping-skyscanner-flight-pr-6f59aa0/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-tutorial-on-scraping-skyscanner-flight-pr-6f59aa0/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:10:59 GMT Scrapfly released a blog post showing how to extract flight data from Skyscanner by constructing deep-link URLs and capturing itinerary JSON from the rendered page. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-airbnb-listings-and-pri-057da85/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-airbnb-listings-and-pri-057da85/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:11:01 GMT Scrapfly released a blog post detailing how to scrape Airbnb search results, listing details, prices, reviews, and availability using Python and its own scraping platform. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-five-open-source-linkedin-scrapers-on-github-348f842/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-five-open-source-linkedin-scrapers-on-github-348f842/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:11:05 GMT Scrapfly published a blog post evaluating five open-source LinkedIn scraping repositories on GitHub, ranking them by authentication approach, maintenance status, and real-world blocking risk as of August 2026. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-blog-post-examines-how-ai-and-web-scraping-turn-scatter-b0c02d8/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-blog-post-examines-how-ai-and-web-scraping-turn-scatter-b0c02d8/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:11:08 GMT Domagoj Marić explores the intersection of AI, web scraping, and OSINT to show how fragmented personal data is assembled into profiles, scams, and security threats at Extract Summit. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-lowe-s-product-data-and-11a87d7/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-lowe-s-product-data-and-11a87d7/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:11:11 GMT Scrapfly released a blog post detailing how to scrape Lowe's product, price, search, and store location data using embedded page state and their maintained Python scraper. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-to-scraping-digikey-data-past-cloud-1945102/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-to-scraping-digikey-data-past-cloud-1945102/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:11:18 GMT Scrapfly's blog post details how to scrape DigiKey pricing, stock, and parametric specs while navigating its Cloudflare challenge, and compares this approach to using the official API v4. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-audit-reveals-industry-specific-bot-access-policies-9815786/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-audit-reveals-industry-specific-bot-access-policies-9815786/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:11:22 GMT Zyte published a large-scale audit of web access controls showing how different industries enforce different policies toward bots. https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-details-the-infrastructure-behind-8-000-captchas-p-5421d0e/ https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-details-the-infrastructure-behind-8-000-captchas-p-5421d0e/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:40:46 GMT Crawlbase published a blog post explaining the throughput math, Go-based control plane, and scaling challenges required to solve 8,000 CAPTCHAs per second. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-six-open-source-instagram-scrapers-with-notes-97474c6/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-six-open-source-instagram-scrapers-with-notes-97474c6/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:11:25 GMT Scrapfly published a comparison of six open-source Instagram scrapers for 2026, covering auth models, ban risk, and maintenance status. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-blog-profiles-case-study-of-70-ai-coded-app-replacing-5-5f8c76d/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-blog-profiles-case-study-of-70-ai-coded-app-replacing-5-5f8c76d/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:11:29 GMT Zyte published a blog post detailing how developer Fran Muñoz used AI coding and specification-driven development to build a production app that replaced a costly platform. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-five-mcp-servers-for-web-scraping-and-brow-6c2fb2b/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-five-mcp-servers-for-web-scraping-and-brow-6c2fb2b/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:40:49 GMT Scrapfly published a blog post comparing five MCP servers by their capabilities in protected-site scraping, browser control, debugging, static fetching, and cross-browser automation. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-six-modern-command-line-tools-as-alternati-9dd3c68/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-six-modern-command-line-tools-as-alternati-9dd3c68/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:40:52 GMT A blog post from Scrapfly evaluates HTTPie, aria2, and other tools that address specific limitations of cURL and Wget, including a managed fetch tool for blocked requests. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-8-python-http-clients-for-web-scraping-in-fd86041/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-8-python-http-clients-for-web-scraping-in-fd86041/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:40:55 GMT Scrapfly published a blog post evaluating eight Python HTTP clients on async support, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, TLS impersonation, and maintenance, with runnable examples. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-7-lead-scraping-tools-for-2026-644e664/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-7-lead-scraping-tools-for-2026-644e664/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:40:57 GMT Scrapfly published a ranked list of seven lead scraping tools covering no-code extensions and production APIs, with honest assessments of each tool's limitations. https://extractfeed.io/story/study-finds-only-34-5-of-free-proxies-work-thousands-tamper-a6a450f/ https://extractfeed.io/story/study-finds-only-34-5-of-free-proxies-work-thousands-tamper-a6a450f/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:00 GMT Crawlbase reports on two peer-reviewed studies that tested 640,600 free proxies, finding that just over a third were functional and many altered traffic. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-diagnostic-guide-for-browser-fingerprint-c9a9db6/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-diagnostic-guide-for-browser-fingerprint-c9a9db6/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:03 GMT Scrapfly released a layer-by-layer guide covering fingerprint and bot detection tools, explaining what detectable results mean and how to fix each leak. https://extractfeed.io/story/vacation-rental-intelligence-platform-scales-to-1-billion-mo-aae458f/ https://extractfeed.io/story/vacation-rental-intelligence-platform-scales-to-1-billion-mo-aae458f/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:09 GMT Crawlbase published a case study detailing how a vacation rental intelligence platform processed 5.52 billion requests in six months with 99.96% success using its Enterprise Crawler. https://extractfeed.io/story/chrome-s-new-navigator-cpuperformance-api-opens-a-fresh-fing-9faf1c6/ https://extractfeed.io/story/chrome-s-new-navigator-cpuperformance-api-opens-a-fresh-fing-9faf1c6/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:12 GMT Zyte reports that Chrome 152 will expose a navigator.cpuPerformance property, giving sites a new way to fingerprint browsers. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-tutorial-on-scraping-google-jobs-with-pyt-e84a57a/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-tutorial-on-scraping-google-jobs-with-pyt-e84a57a/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:15 GMT Scrapfly released a blog post showing how to scrape Google Jobs listings using Python and its own scraping platform. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-publishes-largest-ever-audit-of-web-access-control-mech-1445548/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-publishes-largest-ever-audit-of-web-access-control-mech-1445548/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:18 GMT Zyte released a comprehensive audit of how websites regulate programmatic visits, revealing the current state of web access barriers. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-publishes-tutorial-on-building-custom-fetch-tools-for-a-b10db61/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-publishes-tutorial-on-building-custom-fetch-tools-for-a-b10db61/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:20 GMT Zyte released a tutorial showing how to create a custom fetch tool using the Claude Agent SDK to help AI agents extract structured data from the web. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-releases-scrapy-spidey-sense-a-preflight-cli-for-scrapy-c54cf08/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-releases-scrapy-spidey-sense-a-preflight-cli-for-scrapy-c54cf08/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:23 GMT Zyte has open-sourced a command-line tool that performs static analysis on Scrapy projects before a crawl begins, scoring production-readiness and linking findings to fixes. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-google-play-app-reviews-539f8b6/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-google-play-app-reviews-539f8b6/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:26 GMT Scrapfly released a tutorial showing how to extract full Google Play app reviews, ratings, and metadata using Python, bypassing the typical few-hundred-review limit of free libraries. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-four-open-source-proxy-scrapers-still-viable-6737496/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-four-open-source-proxy-scrapers-still-viable-6737496/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:29 GMT A blog post from Scrapfly filters the crowded open-source proxy tool landscape down to four actively maintained scrapers and checkers worth using this year. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-7-ai-browser-agents-for-production-scraping-i-19a0fe3/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-7-ai-browser-agents-for-production-scraping-i-19a0fe3/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:32 GMT Scrapfly published a ranked guide to the best AI browser agents for automation and scraping, evaluating them on production stability and anti-blocking capability rather than demo performance. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-marriott-hotel-data-thr-d57755b/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-marriott-hotel-data-thr-d57755b/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:35 GMT Scrapfly released a tutorial covering how to extract Marriott hotel prices and availability using Python, including bypassing Akamai bot protection. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-blog-post-explores-rendering-javascript-pages-with-play-0b34b8f/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-blog-post-explores-rendering-javascript-pages-with-play-0b34b8f/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:37 GMT Zyte published a guide on using Playwright to render dynamic content within a Scrapy workflow. https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-argues-ai-agent-failures-are-infrastructure-failur-cb2c217/ https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-argues-ai-agent-failures-are-infrastructure-failur-cb2c217/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:49 GMT Crawlbase publishes a blog post claiming that most AI agent failures stem from infrastructure issues like Markdown normalization, retrieval circuit breakers, and storage-backed memory. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-to-scraping-kayak-flight-data-with-831ad88/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-to-scraping-kayak-flight-data-with-831ad88/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:52 GMT Scrapfly released a blog post walking through the process of scraping Kayak flight search results using its own SDK, covering JavaScript rendering and parsing internal poll JSON. https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-launches-modern-scrapy-for-experienced-developers-tutor-e3a5408/ https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-launches-modern-scrapy-for-experienced-developers-tutor-e3a5408/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:54 GMT Zyte published the first part of a new blog series aimed at experienced developers building production-ready Scrapy projects. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-rs-online-for-product-d-7f2f49b/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-scraping-rs-online-for-product-d-7f2f49b/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:41:57 GMT Scrapfly released a tutorial on extracting pricing, stock, specifications, and datasheet links from RS-Online's North American listings and product pages. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-browser-use-and-playwright-for-web-scrapin-0b85da8/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-browser-use-and-playwright-for-web-scrapin-0b85da8/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:00 GMT Scrapfly published a blog post comparing Browser Use and Playwright, covering architectural differences, speed and cost tradeoffs, silent failure risks, and a hybrid approach for production scraping. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-bypassing-aws-waf-bot-control-fo-bac190f/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-bypassing-aws-waf-bot-control-fo-bac190f/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:03 GMT Scrapfly released a blog post detailing how AWS WAF Bot Control detects scrapers across five layers and how to bypass it using their Scrapfly ASP product. https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-rounds-up-top-open-source-facebook-marketplace-scra-25a8e58/ https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-rounds-up-top-open-source-facebook-marketplace-scra-25a8e58/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:42:06 GMT Scrapfly published a blog post listing the five best open-source Facebook Marketplace scrapers on GitHub as of 2026, along with repos to avoid.